Where: United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 8.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Taynton Limestone Formation, Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• Progracilis to Subcontractus zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 1993. A new asteroid genus from the Jurassic of England and its functional significance. Palaeontology 36(1):147-154 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59884: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 19.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
"Brachisolaster moretonis" = Plesiosolaster moretonis
"Brachisolaster moretonis" = Plesiosolaster moretonis Forbes 1856 sea star |