Metopaster
{{Short description|Extinct genus of starfishes}}
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| 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)
External links
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31453 Metopaster] in the Paleobiology Database
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Category:Prehistoric starfish genera
Category:Cretaceous echinoderms
Category:Paleocene echinoderms
Category:Prehistoric echinoderms of Europe
Category:Late Cretaceous genus first appearances
Category:Eocene genus extinctions
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