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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
"Aspidura streichani n. sp." = Aspiduriella streichani
"Aspidura streichani n. sp." = Aspiduriella streichani Kutscher 1987 brittle star | |
Asteroidea | |
Trichasteropsis senfti Eck 1879 sea star |