Mesotremaster felli Hess 1972 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Tremasteridae

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

Belongs to Mesotremaster according to H Hess 1972

See also Gale 2011

Sister taxa: Mesotremaster mazetieri, Mesotremaster zbindeni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau, which is in a Bajocian open shallow subtidal grainstone/marl in Switzerland

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau

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