Lense 2, Asteroidea, Lower Turonian, Saint-Jouin, Seine-Maritime, Normandy (Cretaceous of France)

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

• Chalk

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, 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 59620: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 05.04.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
 Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Tylocidaris clavigera Mantell 1822 pencil urchin
Asteroidea
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Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
 Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Valettaster sp. Lambert 1914 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star
Nymphaster magistrorum Breton 1988 sea star
 Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Stauranderasteridae indet. Spencer 1913 sea star
 Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Pycinaster aff. humilis Spencer 1913 sea star
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Lophidiaster sp. Spencer 1913 sea star
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Orbirhynchia cf. cuvieri d'Orbigny 1847
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Mytiloides labiatus Schlotheim 1813 clam