Asteroidea, Reid locality 8, Pawpaw fm, Fort Worth (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Fort Worth County, Texas (32.7° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 59.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Pawpaw Formation (Washita Group), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: D. B. Blake and R. Reid. 1998. Some Albian (Cretaceous) asteroids (Echinodermata) from Texas and their paleobiological implications. Journal of Paleontology 72(3):512-532 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59876: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 19.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Ophidiasteridae
Denebia americana Adkins 1920 sea star
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Betelgeusia reidi Blake and Reid 1998 sea star
 Zorocallida - Terminasteridae
Alkaidia sumralli Blake and Reid 1998 sea star