†Aspidaster de Loriol 1884 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Full reference: P. de Loriol. 1884. Notes pour servir à l'étude des échinodermes. Recueil Zoologique Suisse 1:605-643
Parent taxon: Stauranderasteridae according to L. Villier et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Villier 2010
Sister taxa: Hadranderaster, Lithaster, Manfredaster, Poncetaster, Stauranderaster, Stauraster
Subtaxa: Aspidaster delgadoi
Type: Aspidaster delgadoi
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), France (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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