Asteroidea, Muschelkalk, Grossenlüder, Hesse (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Group, 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 59964: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Trichasteropsida - Trichasteropsiidae
Trichasteropsis cf. weissmanni von Münster 1843 sea star