Where: Schoharie County, New York (42.6° N, 74.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 22.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Moscow Formation (Hamilton Group), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, fine-grained, gray siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 1994. Re-evaluation of the Palasteriscidae Gregory 1900 and the early phylogeny of the Asteroidea (Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 68:123-134 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75185: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 25.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Foliaster transversus Blake 1994 sea star |