Where: France (42.9° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 4.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal rudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), 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 59680: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 07.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Arthraster sp. n. sp.
Arthraster sp. n. sp. Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Pycinaster humilis Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Stauranderasteridae indet. Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Crateraster quinqueloba, Bugarachaster depressus, Metopaster sp., Metopaster hunteri, Caletaster sp., Caletaster girardi, Nymphaster sp.
Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star
Bugarachaster depressus Breton 1992 sea star
Metopaster sp. Sladen 1893 sea star
Metopaster hunteri Forbes 1848 sea star
Caletaster sp. Breton 1978 sea star
Caletaster girardi Breton 1978 sea star
Nymphaster sp. Sladen 1889 sea star | |
Echinoidea | |
Orthopsis miliaris d'Archiac 1835 sea urchin | |
"Typocidaris pseudopistillum" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Typocidaris pseudopistillum" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
"Pseudocupressocrinus senessei n. gen. n. sp." = Cyathidium senessei
"Pseudocupressocrinus senessei n. gen. n. sp." = Cyathidium senessei Valette 1934 Sea lily |