Asteroidea, Muschelkalk, Obersontheim (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49.1° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Meissner Formation (Muschelkalk Group), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Upper Muschelkalk, Tonhorizon zeta

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; 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 59968: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Trichasteropsida - Trichasteropsiidae
Berckhemeraster charistikos n. gen. n. sp. Blake and Hagdorn 2003 sea star