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Marocaster

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Goniasteridae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Asteroidea

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Order
  
Valvatida

Marocaster httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Goniasteridae, Parasuchus, Pelorosaurus

Marocaster is an extinct genus of sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. It existed in what is now Morocco during the early Cretaceous period. It was described by Daniel B. Blake and Roland Reboul in 2011, and the type species is M. coronatus.

References

Marocaster Wikipedia