Biology:Pentasteria

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Short description: Extinct genus of starfishes

Pentasteria
Temporal range: Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
Pentasteria longispina, starfish, Early Late Jurassic, Oxfordian Age, Switzerland - Houston Museum of Natural Science - DSC01811.JPG
Pentasteria longispina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Paxillosida
Family: Astropectinidae
Genus: Pentasteria
Valette, 1929

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

Selected species

  • Pentasteria boisteli
  • Pentasteria elegans
  • Pentasteria gataui
  • Pentasteria liasica
  • Pentasteria longispina
  • Pentasteria recta
  • Pentasteria tithonica

References

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 186)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4402980 entry