Where: France (46.0° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° 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; lithified, calcareous sandstone
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 59816: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 13.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Astropectinidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star | |
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star | |
Echinoidea | |
Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925 sea urchin | |
Echinogalerus faba sea urchin | |
Coenholectypus excisus Desor 1847 sea urchin | |
Nucleopygus sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin
Nucleopygus minor Desor 1842 sea urchin
Catopygus columbarius sea urchin | |
Archiacia santonensis sea urchin
Archiacia sandalina Agassiz 1847 sea urchin | |
Holaster suborbicularis sea urchin | |
Hemiaster cenomanensis heart urchin | |
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin | |
"Stereocidaris vesiculosa" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Stereocidaris vesiculosa" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin |