Asteroidea, Middle Ilerdien, Sou brook, Taurize, Aude (Eocene of France)

Where: France (43.1° N, 2.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Marnes de Foncouverte Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: G. Breton and D. Vizcaïno. 1997. Astérides (Echinodermata) de l'Ilerdien moyen (Yprésien) des Corbières (Aude, France) : systématique, relations paléobiogéographiques et évolutives. Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Scientifiques de l'Aude 97:11-28 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59790: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Stauranderasteridae indet. Spencer 1913 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Metopaster sp. Sladen 1893 sea star
Crateraster ? poritoides Desmoulins 1832 sea star
Ophryaster ? bretoni Calzada and Gomez Pallerola 1993 sea star
Mediaster sp. Stimpson 1857 sea star