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Calliderma (sea star)

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Extinct genus of sea stars

Calliderma
Temporal range: 94.3–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: †Calliderma
Gray, 1847
Species
  • Calliderma (Mastaster) Wright and Wright 1940
  • Calliderma atagensis Valette 1925
  • Calliderma emma Gray, 1847
  • Calliderma juigneti Breton 1988
  • Calliderma moreaui Néraudeau and Breton 1993
  • Calliderma smithiae (Forbes 1848)
  • Calliderma viaudi Breton 1988

Calliderma is an extinct genus of sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. Species are known from the Cretaceous to the Eocene.

See also

References

  1. J. E. Gray. 1847. Description of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847, pages 72-82

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Taxon identifiers
Calliderma


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