Ophiuroidea, Campanian, Michery, Yonne, France (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (48.3° N, 3.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Craie de Sens Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Galeola papillosa zone

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; poorly lithified wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: A. Valette. 1914. Les Ophiures de la Craie des Environs de Sens. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l'Yonne 68(18):125-150 [L. Villier/J. Millet/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58922: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 01.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
"Galeola papillosa" = Echinocorys
"Galeola papillosa" = Echinocorys sea urchin
characteristic of this zone
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiocomidae
"Amphiura senonensis n. sp." = Ophiocoma senonensis
"Amphiura senonensis n. sp." = Ophiocoma senonensis Valette 1914 brittle star
fragment of arm