Le Petit Ailly, Varengeville (Cretaceous to of France)

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

• Chalk

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
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Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Nymphaster ornatus Schulz and Weitschat 1975 sea star
 Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Valettaster argus Spencer 1907 sea star
Ophiuroidea
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Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae