Where: Limburg, Netherlands (50.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Meerssen Member (Maastricht Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified packstone

Primary reference: D. B. Blake and J.W.M. Jagt. 2005. New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their palaebiological significance. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75:183-200 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78712: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 15.02.2008

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