†Persephonaster arduennensis Breton 1997 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: G. Breton. 1997. Deux étoiles de mer du Bajocien du Nord-Ouest du Bassin de Paris (France) : leurs alliés actuels sont des fossiles vivants. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 84(1):23-34
Belongs to Persephonaster according to G. Breton 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Holotype MHNH 8983. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Lumachelle à Acuminata, Ardennes, which is in a Bajocian shoreface grainstone in the Lumachelle à Ostrea acuminata Formation of France.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Lumachelle à Acuminata, Ardennes
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