Where: France (49.5° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 1.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• Nodosoides zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical,
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 59586: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Nymphaster coombii Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytiloides labiatus Schlotheim 1813 clam |