Elvese near Göttingen, Asteroid (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (51.7° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 18.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• firmground just below Upper Terebratula Bed

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: D. B. Blake, F. Bielert, and U. Bielert. 2006. New early crown-group asteroids (Echinodermata; Triassic of Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80(3):284-295 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66894: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Neoasteroidea - Migmasteridae
Migmaster angularis n. gen. n. sp.
Migmaster angularis n. gen. n. sp. Blake et al. 2006 sea star
holotype