Asteroidea, Carmel Fm, Teasdale (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Utah (38.3° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 53.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Carmel Formation, Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 163.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified, ooidal grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 1986. Some new post-Paleozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) and comments on taxon endurance. Journal of Paleontology 60(5):1103-1119 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59913: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 20.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Tethyaster jurassicus n. sp. Blake 1986 sea star