Asteroidea, Muschelkalk, Marbach, Baden-Württemberg: Ladinian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea - Trichasteropsida - Trichasteropsiidae
Trichasteropsis weissmanni (von Münster 1843)
1 specimen
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Aspidura ludeni von Hagenow 1851
Alberti 1864
recombined as Aspiduriella ludeni
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany County:Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 50.6° North, 9.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.7° North, 17.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Ladinian
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Muschelkalk
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Muschelkalk
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Articulated whole bodies:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Collection size:1 individuals
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:holotype of Asterias obtusa Goldfuss, 1831
Metadata
Database number:59926
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-04-21 07:39:27 Last modified:2022-11-09 15:40:16
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-21 07:39:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17209. D. B. Blake and H. Hagdorn. 2003. The Asteroidea (Echinodermata) of the Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic of Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(1):23-58 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

30181 F. Alberti. 1864. Ueberblick uber die Trias, mit Berucksichtung ihres Vorkommens in der Alpen; Cotta, Stuttgart 1-353 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]