Metopaster

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.

Metopaster
Temporal range: 94.3โ€“48.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Valvatida
Family:
Goniasteridae
Genus:
Metopaster

Sladen, 1893

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