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Starfish
Record Number
WDS488
Fossil Description
Regular starfish and brittlestar. Beautiful beach pebble containing multiple specimens. Only the second Tropidaster found at Eype Beach
Taxonomy
Class
Asteroidea
Order
Velatida
Genus
Tropidaster
General stratigraphy
(ex situ)
Formation
Dyrham
Member
Thorncombe Sands
Period
Jurassic
Epoch
Lower Jurassic
Age
Pliensbachian
Location Area
Eype
Other Images
Date Of Find
01/04/1998
Date Recorded
15/06/2023
Common Name
Starfish
Category
2