Where: Barren County, Kentucky (37.0° N, 85.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° S, 35.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 Ma)
• Leidy states the age as "sub-Carboniferous"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by J. M. Safford
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Remarks on ichthyorudiolites and on certain fossil Mammalia]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):12-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 87058: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Asteracanthus siderius n. sp.
Asteracanthus siderius n. sp. Leidy 1870 elasmobranch |