Where: France (49.1° N, 1.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 38.0° N, 12.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.6 - 72.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
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 59584: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.04.2006
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Taxonomic list
Calcarea | |
Porosphaera sp. Steinmann 1878 calcareous sponge | |
Polychaeta | |
Craniata | |
Craniidae indet. Menke 1828 | |
Crinoidea | |
Roveacrinidae indet. Peck 1943 Sea lily | |
Asteroidea | |
? Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaridae indet. Gray 1825 pencil urchin | |
Echinocorys sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin |