Where: Charlotte County, Florida (27.0° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 81.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pinecrest Member (Tamiami Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by B. Brayfield, L. Brayfield, R. Portell in 1986, 1987; reposited in the FLMNH

Primary reference: D.S. Jones and R.W. Portell. 1988. Occurrence and biogeographic significance of Heliaster (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Pliocene of southwest Florida. Journal of Paleontology 62(1):126-132 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32039: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 02.06.2003, edited by Mark Uhen and Matthew Clapham

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