Asteroidea, Muschelkalk, Sondershausen, Thüringen (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.4° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Schaumkalk Member (Muschelkalk Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Lower Muschelkalk

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. B. Blake and H. Hagdorn. 2003. The Asteroidea (Echinodermata) of the Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic of Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(1):23-58 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59960: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.04.2006, edited by Roger Benson

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Placodontia - Placodontidae
Placodus gigas Agassiz 1833 placodont
SMNS 1665 (isolated tooth plate)
Asteroidea
 Trichasteropsida - Trichasteropsiidae
Trichasteropsis senfti Eck 1879 sea star