Pentasteria is an extinct genus of sea star that lived from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Europe.
| Pentasteria Temporal range: Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Pentasteria longispina | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Paxillosida |
| Family: | Astropectinidae |
| Genus: | †Pentasteria Valette, 1929 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pentasteria.
Selected species
edit- Pentasteria boisteli
- Pentasteria elegans
- Pentasteria gataui
- Pentasteria liasica
- Pentasteria longispina
- Pentasteria recta
- Pentasteria tithonica
References
edit- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 186)
External links
edit- Pentasteria in the Paleobiology Database
