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What starfish is this?


rew

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This fossil is of Late Ordovician age from the Upper Ktaoua Formation at Erfoud, Morocco.  It is quite obviously a starfish, so is in the class Asteroidea.  The starfish is about 8.5 cm across.   I'd like to know if anyone has a more specific id, ideally the genus but otherwise the family or at least the order.

 

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Like many Moroccan echinoderms, unfortunately these remain undescribed: Asteroidea sp.

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