Asteroidea, Turbidite bed, Baja California (Cretaceous of Mexico)
Where: Mexico (30.0° N, 115.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 86.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified shale
• Turbidite bed, probably a slope deposit
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 1988. A first member of the Ctenodiscidae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 62(4):626-631 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59836: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 18.04.2006
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Taxonomic list
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| Asteroidea | |
Paleoctenodiscus campaniurnus n. gen. n. sp.
Paleoctenodiscus campaniurnus n. gen. n. sp. Blake 1988 sea star | |