Dipsacaster

Dipsacaster
	Holotype - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Paxillosida
Family:	Astropectinidae
Genus:	Dipsacaster; Alcock, 1893

Dipsacaster is an extinct genus of sea stars in the family Astropectinidae. It was described by Alcock in 1893,^[1] and is known from France and Morocco.^[2] It contains the species D. jadeti and D. africanus.^[2]

References[]

^ A. Alcock (1893). "Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R.N., commanding.—Series II., No. 7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11 (6): 73–121. doi:10.1080/00222939308677478.
^ ^a ^b Daniel B. Blake and Roland Reboul (2011). "A new asteroid (Echinodermata) faunule from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Morocco". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (6): 1021–1034. doi:10.1666/11-047.1.

External links[]

Dipsacaster at the Paleobiology Database

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[Alcock,_1893-1] A. Alcock (1893). "Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R.N., commanding.—Series II., No. 7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11 (6): 73–121. doi:10.1080/00222939308677478.

[Blake_and_Reboul,_2011-2] Daniel B. Blake and Roland Reboul (2011). "A new asteroid (Echinodermata) faunule from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Morocco". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (6): 1021–1034. doi:10.1666/11-047.1.

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