Where: Fremont County, Colorado (38.5° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 14.4° S, 73.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Phragmodus undatus conodont zone, Harding Sandstone Formation, Franklinian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the FMNH, USNM
Primary reference: I. J. Sansom, M. P. Smith, M. M. Smith and P. Turner. 1997. Astraspis, the anatomy and histology of an Ordovician fish. Palaeontology 40(3):625-643 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 155772: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 30.04.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pteraspidomorpha | |
Astraspis desiderata Walcott 1892 |