Where: Utah (39.1° N, 113.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° S, 78.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zone N trilobite zone, Lehman Formation, Llanvirn (468.0 - 458.4 Ma)
• base of Lehman Formation; Trilobite Zone N, White Rockian (Llanvirn), Middle Ordovician
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Primary reference: D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg. 1993. New Lower Ordovician stelleroids (Echinodermata) and their bearing on the origins and early history of the stelleroid echinoderms. Journal of Paleontology 67(1):103-113 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91173: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 08.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Stibaraster ratcliffei n. gen. n. sp.
Stibaraster ratcliffei n. gen. n. sp. Blake and Guensburg 1993 sea star |