Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 1.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 7.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Charmouth Mudstone Formation, Davoei (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• from the Aegoceras capricornis Subzone of the Prodactylioceras davoei Zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 1996. Redescription and interpretation of the asteroid species Tropidaster pectinatus from the Jurassic of England. Palaeontology 39(1):179-188 [A. Miller/K. Layou/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33336: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Chladocrinus robustus Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
"Cidaris edwardsii n. sp." = Procidaris edwardsii
"Cidaris edwardsii n. sp." = Procidaris edwardsii Wright 1854 pencil urchin | |
Ophiuroidea | |
"Ophioderma gaveyi n. sp." = Palaeocoma milleri
"Ophioderma gaveyi n. sp." = Palaeocoma milleri Phillips 1829 brittle star | |
Asteroidea | |
Asterias gaveyi n. sp.
Asterias gaveyi n. sp. Forbes 1850 sea star | |
Tropidaster pectinatus n. sp.
Tropidaster pectinatus n. sp. Forbes 1850 sea star |