A revision of <i>Ophidiaster davidsoni</i> de Loriol and Pellat 1874 from the Tithonian of Boulogne (France) and its transfer from the Valvatacea to the new forcipulatacean genus <i>Psammaster</i> gen. nov.
<p>Forcipulatacea is one of the three major groups of extant sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata), composed of 400 extant species, but only known from fewer than 25 fossil species. Despite unequivocal members being recognized in the early Jurassic, the evolutionary history of this group is st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Fossil Record |
| Online Access: | https://fr.copernicus.org/articles/23/141/2020/fr-23-141-2020.pdf |