Asteroidea - Valvatida - Poraniidae

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

Belongs to Sphaeriaster according to H Hess 1972

See also Gale 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, collection of H. Hess, holotype A139. Its type locality is Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau, which is in a Bajocian open shallow subtidal grainstone/marl in Switzerland.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

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

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