†Jurapecten hessi Gale 2011 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Benthopectinidae
Full reference: A. S. Gale. 2011. The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata). Special Papers in Palaeontology 85:1-112
Belongs to Jurapecten according to A.S. Gale and J.W.M. Jagt 2021
See also Gale 2011 and Gale 2011
Sister taxa: Jurapecten dhondtae, Jurapecten infrajurensis
Type specimen: holotype BMNH EE 13594, paratypes EE 13592-13609
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at North of the road to Fétigny, Savigna, Jura (Jurassic of France)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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