Where: France (49.1° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 2.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
• Hard-ground Tilleul 2
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified, hardground wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: coprolite
Collection methods: bulk, 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 59637: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 05.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Valettaster ocellatus Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Metopaster uncatus Forbes 1848 sea star
Nymphaster coombii Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Pycinaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star |