Dolime Quarry 01, Citrus County (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Citrus County, Florida (29.0° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 75.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Periarchus zone, Lower Ocala Limestone Member (Ocala Limestone Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• Bed 2, Periarchus Zone, Lower Ocala Limestone, upper Eocene.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the FMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. B. Blake and R. W. Portell. 2009. Implications for the study of fossil Asteroidea (Echinodermata) of new genera and species from the Eocene of Florida. Journal of Paleontology 83(4):562-574 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91143: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 07.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Ocalaster timucum n. gen. n. sp., Ocalaster seloyi n. gen. n. sp.
Ocalaster timucum n. gen. n. sp. Blake and Portell 2009 sea star
Ocalaster seloyi n. gen. n. sp. Blake and Portell 2009 sea star