Where: British Columbia, Canada (50.9° N, 115.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 80.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Plagiura-Poliella zone, Mt. Whyte Formation, Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collected by James Sprinkle in 1968; reposited in the MCZ, NYSM, USNM
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: J. Sprinkle. 1973. Morphology and evolution of blastozoan echinoderms. Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication 1-283 [G. Webster/G. Webster/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90657: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 12.08.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Eocrinoidea | |
Gogia prolifica Walcott 1917 |