†Plesiosolaster Hess 1972 (sea star)
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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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Middle Bathonian, Windrush Quarry, Gloucestershire (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)
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