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Metopaster

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Metopaster
Temporal range: 94.3–48.6 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: Metopaster
Sladen, 1893

Metopaster is an extinct genus of sea star that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Early Eocene. Its fossils have been found in Europe.

Sources

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  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 188)
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