Sumrall et al., 2009
| Author(s): | Sumrall, C. D., Brett, C. E., McKinney, M. L. |
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| Year: | 2009 |
| Title: | A new agelacrinitid edrioasteroid attached to a large hardground clast from the Mckenzie Member of the Mifflintown Member (Silurian) of Pennsylvania |
| Journal: | Journal of Paleontology |
| Volume: | 83 |
| Number: | 5 |
| Pages: | 794-803 |
| Abstract | A new agelacrinitid edrioasteroid, Multiplexidiscus mckenziensis n. gen., n. sp. is described from the middle Silurian upper McKenzie Shale Member of the Mifflintown Formation of Pennsylvania. These edrioasteroids were attached to a large hardground clast that was reworked and flipped during a storm event. The occurrence of edrioasteroids in a near shore, perhaps in sub-normal salinity, is unusual for echinoderms. The edrioasteroids show a dispersed spatial distribution and weak thecal orientation. Multiplexidiscus differs from other agelacrinid edrioasteroids in the presence of a complex pattern of ambulacral cover plates combined with nearly straight paedomorphic ambulacra. |
| Keywords: | Echinodermata, Edrioasteroidea , Hardground, North America, Paleontology, Silurian |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1666/08-096.1 |
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