Xandarosaster Blake 1984 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Spinulosida

Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1984. The Benthopectinidae (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) of the Jurassic of Switzerland. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 77(3):631-647

Parent taxon: Velatida according to L. Villier et al. 2009

See also Blake 1984, Gale and Jagt 2021 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Caymanostellidae, Decacuminaster, Korethrasteridae, Myxasteridae, Plesiastropecten, Pterasteridae, Solasteridae, Tropidasteridae

Subtaxa: Xandarosaster hessi

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Type: Xandarosaster hessi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Hauptrogenstein, Bajocian, Reigoldswil, Baselland (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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