Chemin de Cugurou, Bugarach, Aude: Coniacian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Orthopsidae
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Orthopsis miliaris
(d'Archiac 1835)
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Lambert and Valette 1934 | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Typocidaris pseudopistillum
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Lambert and Valette 1934 | ||||||
| synonym of Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) | |||||||
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Asteroidea
- Valvatida
- Goniasteridae
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Bugarachaster depressus
Breton 1992
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Crateraster quinqueloba
(Goldfuss 1833)
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Metopaster sp.
Sladen 1893
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Metopaster hunteri
(Forbes 1848)
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Caletaster sp.
Breton 1978
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Caletaster girardi
Breton 1978
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Nymphaster sp.
Sladen 1889
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Asteroidea
- Valvatida
- Pycinasteridae
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Pycinaster humilis
Spencer 1913
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Asteroidea
- Valvatida
- Stauranderasteridae
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Stauranderasteridae indet.
Spencer 1913
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Asteroidea
- Valvatida
- Chaetasteridae
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Arthraster sp. n. sp.
Forbes 1848
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Crinoidea
- Cyrtocrinida
- Holopodidae
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Pseudocupressocrinus senessei n. gen., n. sp.
Valette 1934
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Lambert and Valette 1934 | ||||||
| recombined as Cyathidium senessei | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | County: | Aude |
| Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 2.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.4° North, 4.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Coniacian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Coniacian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified rudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | foreshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 59680 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier |
| Modifier: | L. Villier | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-04-07 02:17:48 | Last modified: | 2010-11-08 06:34:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-04-07 02:17:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17061. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 34151 | J. Lambert and A. Valette. 1934. Etudes sur quelques échinodermes crétacés de Bugarach (Aude). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 4(1-3):43-60 [L. Villier/L. Villier] |