†Cretasterias Gale and Villier 2013 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Full reference: A. Gale and L. Villier. 2013. Mass mortality of an asteriid starfish (Forcipulatida, Asteroidea, Echinodermata) from the Late Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Morocco. Palaeontology 56(3):577-588
Parent taxon: Asteriidae according to A. Gale and L. Villier 2013
Sister taxa: Asteriinae, Dermasterinae, Germanasterias, Hystrixasterias, Pegaster, Polarasterias, Savignasterias, Sclerasterias
Subtaxa: Cretasterias reticulatus
Type: Cretasterias reticulatus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bakrit (Cretaceous of Morocco)
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