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Furcaster

Furcaster is an extinct genus of brittle stars. It lived from the Silurian to Devonian periods. Furcaster palaeozoicus is known from the Hunsrück Slate lagerstätte.

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Furcaster
Temporal range:
Furcaster palaeozoicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Oegophiurida
Family: †Protasteridae
Genus: †Furcaster
Stürtz, 1886

Furcaster is an extinct genus of brittle stars. It lived from the Silurian to Devonian periods. Furcaster palaeozoicus is known from the Hunsrück Slate lagerstätte.1

Furcaster decheni source ↗
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References

  1. Stürtz, B. (1886). "Über paläozoische Sesterne". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. 2: 142–154.
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