Betelgeusia Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. D. B. Blake & R. Reid . 1998 . Some Albian (Cretaceous) asteroids (Echinodermata) from Texas and their paleobiological implications . . 72 . 3 . 512–532 . 10.1017/S002233600002429X . 1306650. 1998JPal...72..512B . 131483454 .
  2. Daniel B. Blake and Roland Reboul . 2011 . A new asteroid (Echinodermata) faunule from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Morocco . . 85 . 6 . 1021–1034 . 10.1666/11-047.1. 129510034 .

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