Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.7° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 74.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Ocala Limestone Member (Ocala Limestone Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, muddy packstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: D. B. Blake and R. W. Portell. 2009. Implications for the study of fossil Asteroidea (Echinodermata) of new genera and species from the Eocene of Florida. Journal of Paleontology 83(4):562-574 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91140: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 07.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Oyenaster oblidus n. gen. n. sp.
Oyenaster oblidus n. gen. n. sp. Blake and Portell 2009 sea star |