Where: France (48.8° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 3.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Craie de Meudon Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified, bioturbated, silty wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical,
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collections, perhaps including B. Mathieu, 1990's. REPOSITORY: Laboratoire de Paleontologie, Mueum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
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 59676: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 07.04.2006, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Austin Hendy, Matthew Carrano and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
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Reptilia | |
Hainosaurus sp.1 Dollo 1885 mosasaur MNHN 1892-11 (tooth); MNHN 1897-15 (undescribed teeth); MNHN 8711 (tooth)
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Onchosaurus radicalis n. gen. n. sp.4
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Echinoidea | |
Echinocorys sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Nymphaster alseni, Nymphaster studlandensis, Calliderma sp., Crateraster quinqueloba, Metopaster parkinsoni, Metopaster meudonensis
Nymphaster alseni Schulz and Weitschat 1971 sea star
Nymphaster studlandensis Schulz and Weitschat 1975 sea star
Calliderma sp. Gray 1847 sea star
Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star
Metopaster parkinsoni Forbes 1848 sea star
Metopaster meudonensis Cottreau 1937 sea star |