Asteroidea, Bachajon, Chiapas (Eocene of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (17.1° N, 92.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° N, 82.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: D. B. Blake. 1986. Some new post-Paleozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) and comments on taxon endurance. Journal of Paleontology 60(5):1103-1119 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59918: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 20.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Oreasteridae
? Goniodiscaster sp. Clark 1909 sea star