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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Pycinaster humilis Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Arthraster dixoni Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Calliderma smithiae, Comptonia cf. elegans, Spenceraster rugosus, Caletaster romani, Crateraster sp., Mastaster villersensis
Calliderma smithiae Forbes 1848 sea star
Comptonia cf. elegans Gray 1840 sea star
Spenceraster rugosus Spencer 1907 sea star
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star
Crateraster sp. Spencer 1913 sea star
Mastaster villersensis Mercier 1935 sea star | |
Valettaster ocellatus Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Benthopectinidae indet. Verrill 1899 sea star | |
Lophidiaster sp. Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaridae indet. Gray 1825 pencil urchin | |
Saleniidae indet. Agassiz 1838 sea urchin |