Asteroidea, Codel Sandstone Mb, Point of Rocks (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Huesfano County, Colorado (38.0° N, 104.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Codel sandstone Member (Carline shale Formation), Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: D. B. Blake and B.S. Kues. 2002. Homeomorphy in the Asteroidea (Echinodermata); a new Late Cretaceous genus and species from Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 76(6):1007-1013 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59821: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 14.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Codellaster keepersae n. gen. n. sp.
Codellaster keepersae n. gen. n. sp. Blake and Kues 2002 sea star