†Asterias ranvillensis Porte 1927 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Full reference: M. Porte. 1927. Astéridée nouvelle du Bradfordien de Ranville. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 9:79-80
Belongs to Asterias according to M. Porte 1927
Sister taxa: Asterias (Archaeasterias), Asterias arenicola, Asterias bituminosa, Asterias deslongchampsi, Asterias dubium, Asterias gaveyi, Asterias lincki, Asterias planci, Asterias propinqua, Asterias punctulata, Asterias remondii, Asterias rubens, Asterias stellionura, Asteracanthion oolithicum
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Clay Lense, Ranville quarry, Calvados (Jurassic of France)
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