Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Eleutherozoa Order Paxillosida Rank Genus | Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea Family Astropectinidae | |
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Similar Tethyaster, Pentasteria, Paxillosida, Astropecten | ||
Betelgeusia is an extinct genus of sea stars in the family Astropectinidae. It was described by Blake and Reid, in 1998, and existed in what is now the Netherlands, Texas, United States, Morocco, and India, during the Middle Jurassic through the Cretaceous period. It contains the species B. exposita, B. reidi, and B. orientalis.
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