†Plumaster Wright 1863 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Tropidasteridae
Full reference: T. Wright. 1863. Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations. Volume 2 - The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 1861:1-130
Parent taxon: Tropidasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Gale 2011, Hess 1955 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Tropidaster
Subtaxa: Plumaster ophiuroides
Type: Plumaster ophiuroides
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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