Furcaster

Furcaster
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
Furcaster palaeozoicus
Furcaster decheni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Oegophiurida
Family: †Protasteridae
Genus: †Furcaster
Stürtz [de], 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.

References

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