Furcaster
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| Furcaster Temporal range: | |
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| Furcaster palaeozoicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Oegophiurida |
| Family: | †Protasteridae |
| Genus: | †Furcaster Stürtz, 1886 |
Furcaster is an extinct genus of brittle stars. It lived from the Silurian to Devonian periods. Furcaster palaeozoicus is known from the Hunsrück Slate lagerstätte.[1]
