†Hystrixasterias hettangiurnus Blake 1990 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1990. Hettangian Asteriidae (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) from southern Germany: taxonomy, phylogeny and life habits. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 64(1/2):103-123
Belongs to Hystrixasterias according to D. B. Blake 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Abteilung Geologie, Holotype M9682. Its type locality is Asteroidea, Göppingen, Angulata zone, which is in a Hettangian marine siltstone in Germany.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Göppingen, Angulata zone
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