Where: France (43.2° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Calcarénites du Jadet Member (Calcaire Nankin Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, yellow, sandy grainstone and poorly lithified, red mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: G. Breton, M. Bilotte, and G. Sigro. 1995. Dipsacaster jadeti sp. nov. Astropectinidae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) du Maastrichtien des Petites Pyrénées (France). Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 82(4):35-42 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59763: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 11.04.2006

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