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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Tethyaster jurassicus n. sp.
Tethyaster jurassicus n. sp. Blake 1986 sea star |