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
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Asteroidea | |
? Goniodiscaster sp. Clark 1909 sea star |