Abbots cliff, Kent (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Goniopectinidae
Chrispaulia radiatus Spencer 1905 sea star