†Chrispaulia jurassica Gale 2011 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Goniopectinidae
Full reference: A. S. Gale. 2011. The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata). Special Papers in Palaeontology 85:1-112
Belongs to Chrispaulia according to A. S. Gale 2011
See also Gale 2011
Sister taxa: Chrispaulia radiatus, Chrispaulia spinosa, Chrispaulia wrightorum
Type specimen: Holotype BMNH EE 13586, paratypes EE 13585-91
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at North of the road to Fétigny, Savigna, Jura (Jurassic of France)
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