Biology:Pentasteria
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Short description: Extinct genus of starfishes
| Pentasteria Temporal range: Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
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| Pentasteria longispina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Echinodermata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Asteroidea |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Paxillosida |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Astropectinidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †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
- Pentasteria in the Paleobiology Database
Wikidata ☰ Q4402980 entry
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