Asteroidea, Wolf Mountain shale, Lake Bridgeport, Wise County: Missourian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea - Kermasida - Illusioluididae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Wise county
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 97.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.3° South, 31.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Kasimovian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Missourian
Age range of interval: 305.9 - 303.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Canyon Formation:Wolf Mountain Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:rare
Associated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:1 individuals
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:72185
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-27 02:03:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-27 02:03:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24438. D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg. 1989. Illusioluidia teneryi n. gen. and sp. (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) from the Pennsylvanian of Texas, and its homeomorphy with th extant genus Luidia Forbes. Journal of Paleontology 63(5):662-668 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]