Where: Clermont County, Ohio (39.0° N, 84.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 58.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Fairview Formation (Maysvillian Group), Cincinnatian (451.0 - 443.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CM
Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 2007. Two Late Ordovician asteroids (Echinodermata) with characters suggestive of early ophiuroids. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1476-1485 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91152: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 07.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Phyrtosaster casteri n. gen. n. sp.
Phyrtosaster casteri n. gen. n. sp. Blake 2007 sea star |