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Pentasteria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Asteroidea

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Order
  
Paxillosida

Subphylum
  
Eleutherozoa

Family
  
Astropectinidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Tethyaster, Geocoma, Urasterella, Pterocoma, Paxillosida

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

    Pentasteria Wikipedia