†Aldebarania taberna Blake and Jagt 2005 (sea star)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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