Asteroidea, Red Water shale Mb, Carbon County (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (41.9° N, 106.4° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 50.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Redwater Shale Member (Sundance Formation), Late/Upper Callovian to Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 155.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, burrowed, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 1981. The new Jurassic sea star genus Eokainaster and comments on life habits and the origins of the modern Asteroidea. Journal of Paleontology 55(1):33-46 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59841: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 18.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Eokainaster pewei n. gen. Miller and Unklesbay 1943 sea star