Asteroidea, Charmouthien, Crouay, calvados (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (49.3° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 8.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Charmouthien Formation, Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Primary reference: J. Mercier. 1935. Les stelléridés mésozoïques du bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 1(2):6-64 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72286: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 30.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
"Stauraster billodense" = Stauraster primaevus
"Stauraster billodense" = Stauraster primaevus Zittel 1876 sea star
 Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Pycinaster mortenseni Mercier 1935 sea star