Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1972. Eine Echinodermen-Fauna aus dem mittleren Dogger des Aargauer Juras. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 92:1-86
Belongs to Pentasteria (Pentasteria) according to H Hess 1972
See also Hess 1973
Sister taxa: Pentasteria (Pentasteria) blakei, Pentasteria (Pentasteria) tenuimarginata, Pentasteria (Pentasteria) tithonica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau, which is in a Bajocian open shallow subtidal grainstone/marl in Switzerland
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.