Lense 1, Asteroidea, Hardground Tilleul 2, Turonian, Valleuse du Tilleul (Cretaceous of France)

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

• Chalk

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

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Valettaster ocellatus Forbes 1848 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Metopaster uncatus Forbes 1848 sea star
Nymphaster coombii Forbes 1848 sea star
 Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Pycinaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star