Pentasteria

Taxobox
name = "Pentasteria"


image_caption =
fossil_range=Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Echinodermata
subphylum = Eleutherozoa
classis = Asteroidea
ordo = Paxillosida
familia = Astropectinidae
genus="Pentasteria"
genus_authority = Valette, 1929
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =

"Pentasteria" is an extinct genus of starfish that lived from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Europe.

ources

* "Fossils" (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 186)

External links

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=31498 "Pentasteria"] in the Paleobiology Database