Furcaster
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Furcaster palaeozoicus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]
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References[edit]
- ^ Stürtz, B. (1886). "Über paläozoische Sesterne". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. 2: 142–154.
External links[edit]
- "Furcaster". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2020-06-22.