Where: France (49.9° N, 1.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 3.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Santonian to Middle Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 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 59652: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 06.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Calcarea | |
Porosphaera sp. Steinmann 1878 calcareous sponge | |
Asteroidea | |
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star | |
Lophidiaster ornatus Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Stauranderasteridae indet., "Aspidaster bulbiferus" = Manfredaster bulbiferus
Stauranderasteridae indet. Spencer 1913 sea star
"Aspidaster bulbiferus" = Manfredaster bulbiferus Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Arthraster cristatus Spencer 1907 sea star | |
Pycinaster angustatus Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Goniasteridae indet., Crateraster quinqueloba, Metopaster uncatus, Metopaster ex gr. parkinsoni, Metopaster hunteri, Nymphaster humilis
Goniasteridae indet. Forbes 1841 sea star
Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star
Metopaster uncatus Forbes 1848 sea star
Metopaster ex gr. parkinsoni Forbes 1848 sea star
Metopaster hunteri Forbes 1848 sea star
Nymphaster humilis Schulz and Weitschat 1975 sea star | |
Valettaster argus Spencer 1907 sea star
Valettaster ocellatus Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star | |
Echinoidea | |
Micraster sp. Agassiz 1836 heart urchin | |
Hagenowia sp. sea urchin | |
Cidaridae indet. Gray 1825 pencil urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Uintacrinus sp. Grinnell 1876 Feather star | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Craniata | |
Craniidae indet. Menke 1828 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883 | |
Terebratella sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |