SMC -41, Tercis-les-Bains (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Landes, France (43.7° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 1.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• Lacave Unit; Turonian age based on echinoids

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. S. Odin. 2001. The Campanian-Maastrichtian stage boundary. Development in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19:1-881 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213768: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.09.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Gauthieria cf. radiata1 Sorignet 1850 sea urchin
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Globator ovulum1 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Periaster conicus1 heart urchin
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Valettaster sp.2 Lambert 1914 sea star