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† Riedaster reicheli Kutscher and Röper 1999
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Riedaster reicheli is an extinct species of starfish in the family Astropectinidae. [1] Riedaster reicheli was first described by Kutscher and Röper in 1999 from a three-dimensional body fossil. Its type locality is Papierschiefer, which is in a shallow subtidal mudstone in the Papierschiefer Formation in the Ried district of Germany. It is the type species of the genus Riedaster and dates back to the Late Jurassic. [2]