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 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 | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Tylocidaris clavigera Mantell 1822 pencil urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star | |
Valettaster sp. Lambert 1914 sea star | |
Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star
Nymphaster magistrorum Breton 1988 sea star | |
Stauranderasteridae indet. Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Pycinaster aff. humilis Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Lophidiaster sp. Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Concinnithyris obesa Sowerby 1823 | |
Orbirhynchia cf. cuvieri d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytiloides labiatus Schlotheim 1813 clam |