Asteroidea - Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Alternative spelling: Pycinasterinae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright. 1966. Asterozoans. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U Echinodermata 3 U(3):U4-U107
Parent taxon: Valvatida according to G. Breton and D. Néraudeau 2008
See also Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Acanthasteridae, Archasteridae, Asteriaceros, Asterinidae, Asterodiscididae, Asteropseidae, Chaetasteridae, Ganeriidae, Geinitzaster, Goniasteridae, Goniasteroidea, Granulosina, Leptaster, Mithrodiidae, Odontasteridae, Ophidiasteridae, Oreasteridae, Poraniidae, Sphaerasteridae, Stauranderasteridae, Tumulosina
Subtaxa: Phocidaster Pycinaster
Type: Pycinaster
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (19), Germany (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 31 collections including 33 occurrences