Where: Utah (37.2° N, 113.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 54.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Carmel Formation, Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original silica

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 59915: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 20.04.2006

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