Echinodermata, Muschelkalk, Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.5° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 18.9° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• described as Lower Muschelkalk, Schaumkalk bed

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: About 50 individuals with more than 80% of the body preserved.

Primary reference: M. Kutscher. 1987. Aspidura streichani sp. n. - eine neue Ophiuren-Art aus dem Muschelkalk von Rüdersdorf. Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 15(6):703-707 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31996: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 30.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Trichasteropsida - Trichasteropsiidae
Trichasteropsis senfti Eck 1879 sea star
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
"Aspidura streichani n. sp." = Aspiduriella streichani
"Aspidura streichani n. sp." = Aspiduriella streichani Kutscher 1987 brittle star