Where: France (46.0° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 1.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, 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 59815: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 13.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin
Tiaromma michelini sea urchin | |
Hyposalenia acanthoides sea urchin | |
Pygaulus subaequalis sea urchin | |
Archiacia sandalina Agassiz 1847 sea urchin | |
Nucleopygus similis d'Orbigny 1856 sea urchin
Catopygus columbarius sea urchin
Ochetes morrisii Forbes 1849 sea urchin | |
Coenholectypus excisus Desor 1847 sea urchin | |
Echinogalerus faba sea urchin | |
Micraster cf. crassissimus heart urchin | |
Periaster elatus heart urchin
Hemiaster arnaudi heart urchin | |
Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925 sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Crateraster sp. Spencer 1913 sea star
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star
"Metopaster guyaderi" = Fredaster guyaderi Breton 1992 sea star |