Protremaster
{{Short description|Extinct genus of starfishes}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Protremaster
| fossil_range = Early Jurassic
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Echinodermata
| classis = Asteroidea
| ordo = Valvatida
| familia = Asterinidae
| genus = Protremaster
| genus_authority = Smith and Tranter 1985
| type_species = Protremaster universalis
| type_species_authority = Smith and Tranter 1985
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Protremaster is an extinct genus of sea stars that lived in the Early Jurassic (age range: 196.5 to 189.6 Ma). Its fossils have been found in the Lully Foothills Formation of Antarctica.: A. B. Smith and T.H. Tranter. 1985. Protremaster, a new lower jurassic genus of asteroid from Antarctica. Geological Magazine 122(4):351-359
References
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External links
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=92930] in the Paleobiology Database
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Category:Prehistoric starfish genera
Category:Extinct animals of Antarctica
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