New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from The Netherlands and Denmark and their palaeobiological significance

Three new starfish ( Skiaster vikingr n. gen., n. sp., Betelgeusia exposita n. sp., and Aldebarania taberna n. sp.), and the first fossil occurrence of Cheiraster? sp., are recorded from Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) and Danian (Early Paleogene) rocks of The Netherlands and Denmark. Skiaster vikingr , a member of the goniasterid subfamily Pseudarchasterinae, adds to the known diversity and apparent significance of that subfamily. Betelgeusia exposita is the second Cretaceous species of the Radiasteridae to be described; together, the two species suggest that this now infrequently encountered... Mehr ...