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]
| Dipsacaster | |
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| Dipsacaster africanus Holotype - MHNT | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Paxillosida |
| Family: | Astropectinidae |
| Genus: | †Dipsacaster Alcock, 1893 |
References
edit- ^ 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. S2CID 129510034.
External links
edit- Dipsacaster at the Paleobiology Database
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