Tillelt beach (Cretaceous of Morocco)

Where: Marrakech, Morocco (31.0° N, 9.8° W: paleocoordinates 25.0° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained sandstone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: H. Hess and D. B. Blake. 1995. Coulonia platyspina n. sp., a new astropectinid sea star from the Lower Cretaceous of Morocco. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 88(3):777-788 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126611: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 10.04.2012

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Coulonia platyspina n. sp. Hess and Blake 1995 sea star
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster sp. Agassiz 1839 heart urchin