Asteroidea, Muschelkalk, Herberhausen (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (51.5° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.0° N, 18.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Wellenkalk-3 Member (Jena Formation), Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Lower Muschelkalk

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, firmground 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 59967: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.04.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Neoasteroidea - Migmasteridae
Migmaster angularis Blake et al. 2006 sea star
 Trichasteropsida - Trichasteropsiidae
Trichasteropsis bielertorum n. sp. Blake and Hagdorn 2003 sea star
Ophiuroidea
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Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily