Aldebarania taberna Blake and Jagt 2005 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Full reference: D. B. Blake and J.W.M. Jagt. 2005. New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their palaebiological significance. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75:183-200

Belongs to Aldebarania according to D. B. Blake and J.W.M. Jagt 2005

Sister taxon: Aldebarania arenitea

Type specimen: Holotype NHMM 1999015-1, paratypes NHMM 1999015-2, -3

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), the Netherlands (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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