Where: France (49.5° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 1.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Mantelli zone, Carcitanense sub-zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified, glauconitic wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: coprolite

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 59619: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 05.04.2006

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