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Furcaster

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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.

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It sits within the topics Oegophiurida and Prehistoric Asterozoa genera.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumEchinodermata
  3. ClassOphiuroidea
  4. FamilyFurcasteridae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
66
With media
13
Family
Furcasteridae
Collections
CMNH, YPM, FMNH, NHMUK
Recorded in
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Furcaster decheni - Zoo am Meer - Bremerhaven 01.jpg
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taxon name
Furcaster
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Furcaster
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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.

thumb|300 px|left|Furcaster decheni ==References==

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