Where: France (49.9° N, 1.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 42.1° N, 14.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Coniacian (89.8 - 85.7 Ma)
• 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 59650: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 06.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Micraster decipiens heart urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star | |
Lophidiaster sp. Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star
Calliderma sp. Gray 1847 sea star
Nymphaster coombii Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Pycinaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star | |
Calcarea | |
Porosphaera sp. Steinmann 1878 calcareous sponge |