Where: Spain (42.6° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 0.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, silty marl
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: G. Breton. 1992. Les Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) jurassiques et crétacés de France. Taphonomie, systématique, biostratigraphie, paléobiogéographie, évolution. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre, numéro hors série 78:1-590 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92949: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 14.12.2009
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Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Parametopaster fournieri Breton 1992 sea star
Caletaster girardi Breton 1978 sea star
Metopaster aff. parkinsoni Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Stauranderasteridae indet. Spencer 1913 sea star
Hadranderaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star |