Additional Bokkeveld Group Echinoderms, South Africa (Devonian to of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 61.4° S, 150.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Bokkeveld Group, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and sandstone

Collection methods: Included are occurrences in Jell and Theron that cannot obviously be isolated to formation based on information given.

Primary reference: P. A. Jell and J. N. Theron. 1999. Early Devonian echinoderms from South Africa. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(1):115-199 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39146: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.05.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Echinoderms only.
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unclassified
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Monaldicrinus johni n. gen. n. sp.
Monaldicrinus johni n. gen. n. sp.
Ophiuroidea
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Ophiuroidea indet.
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
  - Encrinasteridae
Marginura hilleri n. sp.
Marginura hilleri n. sp. Jell and Theron 1999 brittle star
Stenuroidea
 Proturina - Eophiuridae
Haughtonaster reedi
Haughtonaster reedi Rilett 1971
Crinoidea
 Dendrocrinida - Rutkowskicrinidae
Sacrinus hexensis n. gen. n. sp.
Sacrinus hexensis n. gen. n. sp. Sea lily
 Camerata -
Camerata indet.
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Ophiocrinus stangeri
 Monobathrida - Periechocrinidae
Mandelacrinus nelsoni n. gen. n. sp.
Mandelacrinus nelsoni n. gen. n. sp. Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Fissiculata -
Pachyblastus dicki
Pachyblastus dicki Breimer and Macurda 1972 blastoid
 Fissiculata - Brachyschismatidae
Brachyschisma oostheizeni
Brachyschisma oostheizeni Breimer and Macurda 1972 blastoid