Where: France (46.0° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 1.0° 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; lithified, argillaceous, silty wackestone
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 59806: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 13.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Polydiadema tenue sea urchin | |
Nucleopygus minor Desor 1842 sea urchin
Catopygus carinatus Goldfuss 1826 sea urchin | |
Pygaulus macropygus sea urchin
Pygaulus subaequalis sea urchin | |
Archiacia santonensis sea urchin | |
Periaster elatus heart urchin
Hemiaster grossouvrei heart urchin | |
Echinogalerus faba sea urchin | |
Coenholectypus excisus Desor 1847 sea urchin | |
Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925 sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
"Metopaster guyaderi" = Fredaster guyaderi, Calliderma smithiae, Crateraster fourayae, Comptonia cf. soullansensis, Caletaster romani, Metopaster parkinsoni
"Metopaster guyaderi" = Fredaster guyaderi Breton 1992 sea star
Calliderma smithiae Forbes 1848 sea star
Crateraster fourayae Breton 1992 sea star
Comptonia cf. soullansensis Breton 1992 sea star
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star
Metopaster parkinsoni Forbes 1848 sea star |