Marocaster
Marocaster is an extinct genus of sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. It existed in what is now Morocco during the early Cretaceous period. It was described by Daniel B. Blake and Roland Reboul in 2011, and the type species is M. coronatus.[1]
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| Marocaster coronatus – Holotype- Muséum de Toulouse | |
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| Genus: | †Marocaster Blake & Reboul, 2011 |
References
- Daniel B. Blake & Roland Reboul (2011). "A new asteroid (Echinodermata) faunule from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Morocco". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (6): 1021–1034. doi:10.1666/11-047.1.
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