Starfish and Brittlestars

26 fossils in this category

Image	Taxonomy	Stratigraphy	Time Scale	Location	Statistics

Plumasterid sun star Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Spinulosida Family: Plumasteridae Genus: Plumaster Species: Plumaster ophiuroides

Lias Group Staithes Sandstone Formation Prodactylioceras davoei Zone

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Sub Period: None Epoch: Early International Age: Pliensbachian

North Yorkshire coast North Yorkshire County North east England

Added by TqB July 6, 2017 9 comments 2,417 views

Brittle Star Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Klein 1754 Class: Ophiuroidea Gray 1840 Order: Ophiurida Müller and Troschel 1840 Family: Aplocomidae Hess 1965 Genus: Geocoma Species: Geocoma carinata

Weissjura Group Solnhofen Formation Hybonotum Zone Riedense Subzone

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Sub Period: None Epoch: Late International Age: Tithonian

Zandt Quarry Denkendorf, county of Eichstätt Bavaria Germany

Added by oilshale October 9, 2016 Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ec104 0 comments 1,012 views

15-armed starfish Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Klein 1754 Class: Stenuroidea Spencer 1951 Order: Incertae sedis Family: Palaeuridae Spencer 1951 Genus: Medusaster Species: Medusaster rhenanus

Hunsrück Slate Group Kaub Formation

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Sub Period: None Epoch: Early International Age: Emsian (early)

Eschenbach-Bocksberg Quarry Bundenbach Rhineland-Palatinate Germany

Added by oilshale May 23, 2019 Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ec1899 0 comments 815 views

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Ophiurida Family: Ophiolepididae Genus: Ophiopinna Species: Ophiopinna elegans

unknown formation Gracillis Zone Koenigi Subzone

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Sub Period: None Epoch: Middle International Age: Callovian Age

La Voulte-sur-Rhône Ardèche department France

Added by Kosmoceras June 22, 2017 0 comments 1,532 views

Brittle Star Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Ophiurida Family: Ophiodermatidae Genus: Palaeocoma Species: Palaeocoma milleri

Lias Group Staithes Sandstone Formation Prodactylioceras davoei Zone Oistoceras figulinum Subzone

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Sub Period: None Epoch: Early International Age: Pliensbachian

North Yorkshire coast North Yorkshire County North East England

Added by TqB June 2, 2017 9 comments 2,306 views

Sea Star Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Platyasterida Family: Palasteriscidae Genus: Urasterella Species: Urasterella asperula

Hunsrück Slate Group Kaup Formation Eschenbach Member

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Sub Period: None Epoch: Early International Age: Early Emsian

Eschenbach-Bocksberg quarry Bundenbach Rhineland-Palatinate Germany

Added by oilshale April 2, 2018 Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ec340 1 comment 1,296 views

Starfish Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Paxillosida Family: Astropectinidae Genus: Aldebarania Species: Aldebarania arenitea

PeeDee Formation Rocky Point Member

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Sub Period: None Epoch: Late International Age: Maastrichtian

Big Hole Pender County North Carolina United States

Added by sixgill pete October 3, 2020 Catalog #: TFF0DR012PC 5 comments 1,946 views

Brittle star Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Stenurida Family: Stenasteridae Genus: Stenaster Species: Stenaster obtusus

Simcoe Group Bobcaygeon Formation

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Sub Period: None Epoch: Late International Age: Katian

Kirkfield Kawartha Lakes Ontario Canada

Added by oilshale March 17, 2020 Catalog #: TTF-oilshale-Ec2212 1 comment 855 views

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Klein, 1754 Class: Asterozoa von Zittel, 1895 Order: Stenurida (Spencer, 1951) Family: Pradesuridae Spencer, 1951 Genus: Erinaceaster Species: Erinaceaster tenuispinosus

Hunsrück Slate Group Kaub Formation

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Sub Period: None Epoch: Early International Age: Emsian (early)

Eschenbach-Bocksberg Quarry Bundenbach Rheinland-Pfalz Germany

Added by oilshale January 10, 2022 Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ec1828 0 comments 382 views

29-armed starfish Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Klein 1754 Class: Asteroidea de Blainville 1830 Order: Euaxosida Blake 2018 Family: Palasterinidae Gregory 1899 Genus: Palaeosolaster Species: Palaeosolaster gregoryi

Hunsrück Slate Group Kaub Formation

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Sub Period: None Epoch: Early International Age: Emsian (early)

Eschenbach-Bocksberg Quarry Bundenbach Rheinland-Pfalz Germany

Added by oilshale January 10, 2022 Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ec1831 0 comments 362 views

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Klein 1754 Class: Ophiuroidae Gray 1840 Order: Oegophiurida Matsumoto, 1915 Family: Encrinasteridae Schuchert 1914 Genus: Cheiropteraster Species: Cheiropteraster giganteus

Hunsrück Slate Group Kaub Formation

Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Sub Period: None Epoch: Early International Age: Emsian (early)

Eschenbach-Bocksberg Quarry Bundenbach Rheinland-Pfalz Germany

Added by oilshale January 14, 2022 Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ec1843 0 comments 376 views