Where: Charentes, France (45.6° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• boundary of late Cenomanian 1 and late Cenomanian 2, unnamed "unit Fc" in stratigraphic column
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified marl
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: sieve,
Primary reference: T. Saucède and D. Néraudeau. 2006. An ‘Elvis’ echinoid, Nucleopygus (Jolyclypus) jolyi, from the Cenomanian of France: phylogenetic analysis, sexual dimorphism and neotype designation. Cretaceous Research 27(4):542-554 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64881: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster
Rastellum carinatum Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
"Ichthyosarcolithes triangularis" = Icthyosarcolites
"Ichthyosarcolithes triangularis" = Icthyosarcolites rudist | |
Radiolites fleuriaui rudist | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula plicata" = Oligorhytisia magnifica
"Terebratula plicata" = Oligorhytisia magnifica Cooper 1983 | |
Gemmarcula menardi Lamarck 1819 | |
Echinoidea | |
Temnocidaris cenomanensis pencil urchin | |
Polydiadema aff. tenue sea urchin
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin | |
Coenholectypus excisus Desor 1847 sea urchin | |
Echinogalerus faba sea urchin | |
Mecaster cf. grossouvrei heart urchin | |
Archiacia santonensis sea urchin | |
Nucleopygus aff. parallelus sea urchin
Nucleopygus (Jolyclypus) jolyi sea urchin
Catopygus carinatus Goldfuss 1826 sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Astropectinidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star | |
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star |