Savignasterias villieri Gale 2011 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae

Full reference: A. S. Gale. 2011. Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Savigna, DĂ©partment du Jura, France. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 130:69-89

Belongs to Savignasterias according to A. S. Gale 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype BMNH EE 13956, paratypes BMNH EE 13957-60; EE 13979

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at North of the road to FĂ©tigny, Savigna, Jura (Jurassic of France)

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