N1-N3 Nidaguila: Coniacian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Parametopaster fournieri Breton 1992
Caletaster girardi Breton 1978
Metopaster aff. parkinsoni (Forbes 1848)
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Stauranderasteridae indet. Spencer 1913
Hadranderaster sp. Spencer 1907
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 42.6° North, 3.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.1° North, 0.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified silty marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:92949
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-12-14 04:53:34 Last modified:2009-12-14 06:53:34
Access level:the public Released:2009-12-14 04:53:34
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]