Moewaka Quarry, locality G.S. 5037 (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Where: Auckland, New Zealand (37.4° S, 175.0° E: paleocoordinates 77.8° S, 59.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Temaikan (176.0 - 164.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: H. B. Fell. 1954. New Zealand fossil Asterozoa 3. Odontaster priscus sp. nov. from the Jurassic. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82(3):817-819 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92937: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 11.12.2009

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Odontasteridae
Odontaster priscus Fell 1954 sea star