Sumrall et al., 2009

Author(s):Sumrall, C. D., Brett, C. E., McKinney, M. L.
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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