†Mesotremaster Hess 1972 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Tremasteridae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1972. Eine Echinodermen-Fauna aus dem mittleren Dogger des Aargauer Juras. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 92:1-86
Parent taxon: Tremasteridae according to A.S. Gale 2018
See also Gale 2011, Hess 1972 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Mesotremaster felli Mesotremaster mazetieri Mesotremaster zbindeni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Switzerland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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