Where: France (45.9° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 1.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified, argillaceous packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: D. Néraudeau and P. Moreau. 1996. Paléoécologie et paléobiogéographie des faunes d'échinides du Cénomanien nord-aquitain (Charente-Maritime, France). Géobios 22(3):293-324 [L. Villier/L. Villier/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59799: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Stereocidaris ligeriensis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Stereocidaris ligeriensis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin | |
Cottaldia benettiae Koenig 1825 sea urchin | |
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin | |
Catopygus carinatus Goldfuss 1826 sea urchin | |
Discoides infera Desor 1858 sea urchin | |
Holaster trecensis sea urchin | |
Hemiaster similis heart urchin
Hemiaster bufo Brongniart 1822 heart urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Pycinaster cf. humilis Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Hadranderaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star | |
Crateraster quinqueloba, Calliderma moreaui, Nymphaster cf. magistrorum, Comptonia cf. soullansensis, Caletaster romani
Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star
Calliderma moreaui Néraudeau and Breton 1993 sea star
Nymphaster cf. magistrorum Breton 1988 sea star
Comptonia cf. soullansensis Breton 1992 sea star
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star | |
Valettaster argus Spencer 1907 sea star |