Furcaster Temporal range:
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Furcaster palaeozoicus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Ophiuroidea |
Order: | Oegophiurida |
Family: | † Protasteridae |
Genus: | †
Furcaster Stürtz , 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. [1]