Metopaster

{{Short description|Extinct genus of starfishes}}

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| taxon = Metopaster

| authority = Sladen, 1893

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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

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