Where: France (49.9° N, 1.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 2.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: G. Breton. 1992. Les Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) jurassiques et crétacés de France. Taphonomie, systématique, biostratigraphie, paléobiogéographie, évolution. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre, numéro hors série 78:1-590 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59569: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.04.2006
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Asteroidea | |
Nymphaster ornatus Schulz and Weitschat 1975 sea star | |
Valettaster argus Spencer 1907 sea star | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star | |
Globothalamea | |