Also known as Echinodermata, Lower Chalk, Dixoni Limestone, Abbots cliff, Kent
Where: United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 2.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mantelliceras dixoni ammonoid zone, Dixoni Limestone Member (Lower Chalk Formation), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• Mantelliceras dixoni zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: A. S. Gale. 2005. Chrispaulia, a new genus of mud star (Asteroidea, Goniopectinidae) from the Cretaceous of England. Geological Journal 40:383-397 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60750: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 22.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Chrispaulia radiatus Spencer 1905 sea star |