Asteroidea, Lower Campanian, Longuesse (Cretaceous of France)

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

• Chalk

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
 Lithonida - Minchinellidae
Porosphaera sp. Steinmann 1878 calcareous sponge
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Craniidae indet. Menke 1828
Crinoidea
 Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae
Roveacrinidae indet. Peck 1943 Sea lily
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
? Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaridae indet. Gray 1825 pencil urchin
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinocorys sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin