Asteroidea, Coniacian-Santonian boundary, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime (Cretaceous to of France)

Where: France (49.9° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 3.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified wackestone

• Chalk

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical, 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 59675: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 07.04.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Astropectinidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star
Lophidiaster ornatus Spencer 1913 sea star
 Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
"Aspidaster bulbiferus" = Manfredaster bulbiferus Forbes 1848 sea star
Hadranderaster simplex Geinitz 1871 sea star
 Valvatida - Chaetasteridae
Arthraster cristatus Spencer 1907 sea star
 Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Pycinaster angustatus Forbes 1848 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star
Metopaster uncatus Forbes 1848 sea star
Metopaster parkinsoni Forbes 1848 sea star
Metopaster hunteri Forbes 1848 sea star
Ophryaster oligoplax Sladen 1891 sea star
Caletaster girardi Breton 1978 sea star
Nymphaster humilis Schulz and Weitschat 1975 sea star
Nymphaster ornatus Schulz and Weitschat 1975 sea star
 Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Valettaster argus Spencer 1907 sea star
Valettaster ocellatus Forbes 1848 sea star