Argoviaster Hess 1972 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Neomorphasteridae

Full reference: H. Hess. 1972. Eine Echinodermen-Fauna aus dem mittleren Dogger des Aargauer Juras. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 92:1-86

Parent taxon: Neomorphasterinae according to H Hess 1972

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Argoviaster occultus

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Type: Argoviaster occultus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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