†Tropidaster Forbes 1850 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Tropidasteridae
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1850. Figures and descriptions illustrative of British Organic Remains. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom Decade 3:65
Parent taxon: Tropidasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wright 1880
Sister taxon: Plumaster
Subtaxa: Tropidaster pectinatus
Type: Tropidaster pectinatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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