Where: Greenwood County, Kansas (37.8° N, 96.4° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° S, 28.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Americus limestone Member (Foraker limestone Formation), Noginian (301.2 - 300.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: H. W. Miller. 1958. A new genus and species of Permian ophiuroid from Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 32(2):357-361 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94604: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
"Ophiuraster burrisi" = Archaeophiomusium burrisi
"Ophiuraster burrisi" = Archaeophiomusium burrisi Miller 1958 brittle star |