Tropidaster
| Tropidaster Temporal range: Early Jurassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Eleutherozoa |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Velatida |
| Family: | Tropidasteridae |
| Genus: | Tropidaster Forbes, 1850 |
Tropidaster is an extinct genus of sea star that lived in the Early Jurassic. Its fossils have been found in Europe.
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 187)
External links
- Tropidaster in the Paleobiology Database
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