Dipsacaster

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Dipsacaster
Dipsacaster africanus MHNT Holotype.jpg
Holotype - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Family:
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[]

  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.
  2. ^ 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.

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