Asteroidea, Late Turonian, Senneville-sur-Fécamp, Seine-Maritime (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (49.8° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 1.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Craie d'Eletot Formation, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Neptuni zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified wackestone

• Chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59582: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaridae indet. Gray 1825 pencil urchin
 Diadematoida - Diadematidae
Diadematidae indet. Gray 1855 sea urchin
Asteroidea
 Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Asteriidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
? Metopaster uncatus Forbes 1848 sea star
Metopaster parkinsoni Forbes 1848 sea star
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae