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An exceptionally well-preserved starfish fauna (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) from the Early Miocene of southeastern France
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- 1. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
- 2. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland|Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland|National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, Washington, United States of America
- 3. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Origine et Évolution, Paris, France
- 4. Réserve Naturelle Nationale Géologique du Luberon, Parc Naturel Régional du Luberon, Apt, France
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A new starfish fauna from the Late Burdigalian (Early Miocene) of the Apt basin (Rhodano-Provençal gulf, southeastern France) is described here. This new starfish fauna comes from accumulation levels of marine invertebrates, including exceptionally well-preserved pectinid bivalves and echinoderms. Among the echinoderms, the sea urchins are the most abundant, closely followed by the starfish. This is the first time the starfish fauna is being studied in detail. Here are described twelve additional specimens of Lacosteaster lauerorum Gale & Ward, 2024 (Solasteridae, Valvatida) with the first description of the abactinal face of the species, an undetermined species of Astropecten (Astropectinidae, Paxillosida), and two new genera and species: Cruciformaster pedicellarius gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Oreasteridae, Valvatida) and Menerbesaster bongrainae gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Echinasteridae, Spinulosida).
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