Where: Xinjiang, China (43.3° N, 88.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 78.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Aoertu Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)
• uppermost part of the Qijiagou Formation or lowermost part of the Aoertu Formation, Upper Moscovian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone and lithified packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. D. Webster, J. A. Waters, Z. T. Liao and C. G. Maples. 2009. New Pennsylvanian (Moscovian) echinoderms from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, western China. Palaeoworld 18:241-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92636: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Platycrinitidae indet. Bassler 1938 Sea lily
Platycrinites spp. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Aexitrophocrinus sp. Sea lily | |
Stellarocrinus qijiagouensis n. sp.
Stellarocrinus qijiagouensis n. sp. Webster et al. 2009 Sea lily | |
Metaperimestocrinus aoertuensis n. sp. Webster et al. 2009 Sea lily | |
Blothrocrinidae indet. Moore and Laudon 1943 Sea lily | |
Dicromyocrinus "sp. 1" Jaekel 1918 Sea lily
Dicromyocrinus "sp. 2" Jaekel 1918 Sea lily | |
Synbathocrinus labrus n. sp.
Synbathocrinus labrus n. sp. Webster et al. 2009 Sea lily | |
Blastoidea | |
Troosticrinidae indet. Bather 1899 blastoid | |
Echinoidea | |
Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin |