Terminasteridae
Extinct family of starfish
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Terminasteridae is a family of fossil starfish which lived from the Jurassic to Cretaceous periods. It was erected in 2011 as a monotypic group to contain only the type genus Terminaster (which it is named after).[1] A second genus, Alkaidia, was originally described as a member of the extant family Benthopectinidae, but was transferred to Terminasteridae in 2020.[2]
| Terminasteridae Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of Terminaster cancriformis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Forcipulatida |
| Family: | †Terminasteridae Gale, 2011 |
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