Where: United Kingdom (52.6° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 50.4° S, 17.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Harnage Shale Formation (Lower Caradoc Group), Caradoc (460.9 - 449.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Reposited in the BGS
Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 1994. Re-evaluation of the Palasteriscidae Gregory 1900 and the early phylogeny of the Asteroidea (Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 68:123-134 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91180: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 09.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Platanaster ordovicus Spencer 1919 sea star |