Asteroidea, Peedee fm., Martin Marieta Quarry, Rocky Point (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: North Carolina (34.4° N, 77.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.2° N, 43.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Rocky Point Member (Peedee Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithified sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: D. B. Blake and K. Sturgeon. 1995. Aldebarania arenitea, a new genus and species of Astropectinidae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Peedee formation of North Carolina. Journal of Paleontology 69(2):376-380 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59866: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 19.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida -
"Hardouinia moretonis" = Harduinia, Hardouinia kellumi
"Hardouinia moretonis" = Harduinia sea urchin
Hardouinia kellumi Stephenson 1927 sea urchin
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Aldebarania arenitea n. gen. n. sp.
Aldebarania arenitea n. gen. n. sp. Blake and Sturgeon 1995 sea star
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster