Lanthanaster cruciformis type locality, Cincinnati (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Ohio (39.1° N, 84.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 60.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Maysville Group, Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Primary reference: J. W. Branstrator. 1972. Lanthanaster cruciformis, a new Upper Ordovician sea star from Cincinnati, Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 46:66-69 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99341: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 08.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

• "Dalve 1948"
Asteroidea
 Euaxosida - Platanasteridae
Lanthanaster cruciformis n. sp. Branstrator 1972 sea star