Meudon [Craie de Meudon] (Cretaceous of France)

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

• Chalk

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

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Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Calanticomorpha - Cretiscalpellidae
Cretiscalpellum striatum2 Darwin 1851 barnacle
Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
"Liodon anceps" = Leiodon anceps3, "Mosasaurus camperi" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii5, Hainosaurus sp.1
"Liodon anceps" = Leiodon anceps3 Owen 1841 mosasaur
"Mosasaurus camperi" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii5 Mantell 1829 mosasaur
teeth
Hainosaurus sp.1 Dollo 1885 mosasaur
MNHN 1892-11 (tooth); MNHN 1897-15 (undescribed teeth); MNHN 8711 (tooth)
Chondrichthyes
 Selachii -
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Onchosaurus radicalis n. gen. n. sp.4
Onchosaurus radicalis n. gen. n. sp.4 Gervais 1852 ray
tooth
Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinocorys sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
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