Protremaster, a new Lower Jurassic genus of asteroid from Antarctica

A new and well-preserved.asteroid, Protremaster uniserialis (gen. & sp.nov.) is described from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) of Antarctica. This find extends the fossil record of the family Asterinidae and the subfamily Tremasterinae considerably and lends support to the idea that asteroids un...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Geological Magazine
Main Authors: Smith, Andrew B., Tranter, T.H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press 1985
Subjects:
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/523459/
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800031794
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Summary:A new and well-preserved.asteroid, Protremaster uniserialis (gen. & sp.nov.) is described from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) of Antarctica. This find extends the fossil record of the family Asterinidae and the subfamily Tremasterinae considerably and lends support to the idea that asteroids underwent an important morphological diversification in the late Triassic-early Jurassic.

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