Asteroidea, Muschelkalk, Obersontheim: Ladinian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Asteroidea
- Trichasteropsida
- Trichasteropsiidae
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Berckhemeraster charistikos n. gen., n. sp.
Blake and Hagdorn 2003
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2 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg |
| Coordinates: | 49.1° North, 9.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.3° North, 17.9° 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 | Formation: | Meissner | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Muschelkalk, Tonhorizon zeta | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Collection size: | 2 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 59968 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-04-25 02:48:08 | Last modified: | 2022-11-09 15:58:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-04-25 02:48:08 |
| 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] |