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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Eokainaster pewei n. gen.
Eokainaster pewei n. gen. Miller and Unklesbay 1943 sea star |