Xandarosaster hessi 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

Belongs to Xandarosaster according to D. B. Blake 1984

See also Gale and Jagt 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Abteilung Geologie, Holotype M9683. Its type locality is Hauptrogenstein, Bajocian, Reigoldswil, Baselland, which is in a Bajocian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Unterer Hauptraugenstein Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Hauptrogenstein, Bajocian, Reigoldswil, Baselland

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