†Testudinaster peregrinus Hess 1983 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1983. Ein Neuer Seestern (Testudinaster peregrinus n.g. n. sp.) aus dem mittleren Dogger des Aargauer Juras. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 76(3):919-925
Belongs to Testudinaster according to A.S. Gale 2021
See also Hess 1983 and Hess 1994
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, holotype M 9689
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau (Jurassic of Switzerland)
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