Summit Foliaster Locality (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Schoharie County, New York (42.6° N, 74.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 22.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Moscow Formation (Hamilton Group), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, fine-grained, gray siltstone

• fine-grained,finely laminated dark-gray siltstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 1994. Re-evaluation of the Palasteriscidae Gregory 1900 and the early phylogeny of the Asteroidea (Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 68:123-134 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75185: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 25.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Euaxosida - Platanasteridae
Foliaster transversus Blake 1994 sea star