| Tropidaster Temporal range: Early Jurassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Velatida |
| Family: | †Tropidasteridae Wright, 1880 |
| Genus: | †Tropidaster Forbes, 1850 |
Tropidaster is an extinct genus of sea stars that lived in the Early Jurassic. It is the only genus in the family Tropidasteridae.1 Its fossils have been found in Europe.
References
References
- Mah, C.L. (2023). Mah CL (ed.). "Tropidasteridae Wright, 1880". World Asteroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 187)