Metopaster

Metopaster
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: †
Sladen, 1893

Metopaster is an extinct genus of sea star that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Early Eocene. Its fossils have been found in Europe.

Sources

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 188)


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