Dipsacaster
Dipsacaster africanus Holotype - MHNT
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

  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. 1 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. S2CID 129510034.


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