Dickerson Limerock mines, Haile complex, Alachua County (Eocene of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Oyenaster oblidus n. gen. n. sp.
Oyenaster oblidus n. gen. n. sp. Blake and Portell 2009 sea star