Tropidaster

Taxobox
name = "Tropidaster"


image_caption =
fossil_range=Early Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Echinodermata
subphylum = Eleutherozoa
classis = Asteroidea
ordo = Velatida
familia = Tropidasteridae
genus="Tropidaster"
genus_authority = Forbes, 1850
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =

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

ources

* "Fossils" (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 187)

External links

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=31477 "Tropidaster"] in the Paleobiology Database