Astrodendrum pilleri Kroh 2003 (basket star)

Ophiuroidea - Euryalida - Gorgonocephalidae

Full reference: A. Kroh. 2003. First record of gorgonocephalid ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from the middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys. Cenozoic Research 2(1-2):143-155

Belongs to Astrodendrum according to A. Kroh 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype NHMW 2003z0010/0002, paratype NHMW 2003z0010/0003. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Hartl-Lucke, Hartl Fm., Eisenstadt, which is in the Langhian of mixed carbonate-siliciclastic the Hartl Formation Austria.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Hartl-Lucke, Hartl Fm., Eisenstadt

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