Where: Iowa (42.7° N, 94.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 37.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gilmore City Formation, Kinderhookian (358.9 - 352.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg. 1989. Two new multiarmed Paleozoic (Mississippian) asteroids (Echinodermata) and some paleobiologic implications. Journal of Paleontology 63(3):331-340 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91181: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 09.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Lacertasterias elegans n. gen. n. sp.
Lacertasterias elegans n. gen. n. sp. Blake and Guensburg 1989 sea star |