Asteroidea, collina della Zizzola, Piemonte (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.7° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 7.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Sacco. 1893. Sopra alcuni Asteroidei fossili. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 28:739-745 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62341: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 19.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835 heart urchin
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Astropecten cf. bispinosus Otto 1823 sea star