†Xandarosaster hessi Blake 1984 (sea star)
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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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