Ophiuroidea, Campanian, Level J, Sens, Yonne, France (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (48.2° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 4.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Craie de Sens Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Conulus albogalerus Zone

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; poorly lithified wackestone

• "Chalk of Sens"

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 58924: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 01.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Conulus albogalerus
Conulus albogalerus sea urchin
characteristic ot this zone
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
? Ophiomusium rugosum n. sp.
? Ophiomusium rugosum n. sp. Valette 1914 brittle star
fragment of arm