locality KG 2986, Lully Foothills (Jurassic of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (70.6° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 64.1° S, 8.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lully Foothills Formation (LeMay Group), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, gray tuff

• Gray vitritic tuff

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the BAS

Primary reference: A. B. Smith and T.H. Tranter. 1985. Protremaster, a new lower jurassic genus of asteroid from Antarctica. Geological Magazine 122(4):351-359 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92930: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 11.12.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Asteroidea
 Spinulosida - Korethrasteridae
Protremaster universalis
Protremaster universalis Smith and Tranter 1985 sea star