Plesiosolaster Hess 1972 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Plesiosolasteridae

Synonym: Brachisolaster Blake 1993 [objective synonym]

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

Parent taxon: Plesiosolasteridae according to H Hess 1972

See also Blake 1993, Gale 2011, Sepkoski 2002 and Villier 2010

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Plesiosolaster moretonis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Middle Bathonian, Windrush Quarry, Gloucestershire (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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