Terminasteridae

Terminasteridae Temporal range: Callovian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Terminaster cancriformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Forcipulatida
Family:	† Terminasteridae Gale, 2011
Genera
† Alkaidia † Terminaster

Terminasteridae is a family of fossil starfish which lived from the Jurassic to Cretaceous periods. It was erected in 2011 as a monotypic group to contain only the type genus Terminaster (which it is named after). ^[1] A second genus, Alkaidia , was originally described as a member of the extant family Benthopectinidae, but was transferred to Terminasteridae in 2020. ^[2]

References

1. Gale, Andrew Scott (April 2011). "The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata)". The Palaeontological Association London Special Papers in Palaeontology. 85 (85): 1–112.
2. Ewin, Timothy A. M.; Gale, Andrew S. (September 2020). "Asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Agadir Basin, west Morocco" . Journal of Paleontology. 94 (5): 931–954. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.20. ISSN   0022-3360.