Asteroidea, Santonian, Les Petites Dalles, Sassetot-le-Mauconduit (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (49.8° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified wackestone

• Chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, concretion

Collection methods: chemical,

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 59581: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star