Betelgeusia Temporal range:
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B. orientalis - MHNT | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Paxillosida |
Family: | Radiasteridae |
Genus: | †Betelgeusia Blake & Reid, 1998 |
Type species | |
Betelgeusia riedi Blake & Reid, 1998
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Betelgeusia is an extinct genus of sea stars in the family Radiasteridae. It was described by Blake and Reid, in 1998,[1] and existed in what is now the Netherlands, Texas, United States, Morocco, and India, during the Middle Jurassic through the Cretaceous period.[2] It contains the species B. brezinai, B. exposita, B. riedi, and B. orientalis.[2]