Asteroidea, Muschelkalk, Unterrodach (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (50.3° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Group, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Upper Muschelkalk

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. B. Blake and H. Hagdorn. 2003. The Asteroidea (Echinodermata) of the Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic of Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(1):23-58 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59966: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.04.2006, edited by Roger Benson

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Trichasteropsida - Trichasteropsiidae
Trichasteropsis weissmanni von Münster 1843 sea star
Reptilia
 Placodontia - Cyamodontidae
Cyamodus sp. von Meyer 1863 placodont
SMNS coll. M. Wild no. 1070 (Vogt 1983, fig. 2d)