Where: France (48.0° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 2.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Turrilites costatus ammonoid zone, Le Mans Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Rhotomagense zone, Costatus sub-zone; Sables et Grès du Mans

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified claystone and poorly lithified sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Edouard Guéranger

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Repository: Musée Vert, Natural History Museum of Le Mans

Primary reference: G. Breton. 1995. Tethyaster guerangeri sp. nov. (Astropectinidae, Asteroidea, Echinodermata) : deux spécimens d'astérides d'une conservation exceptionnelle du cénomanien du Mans (Sarthe, France). Bulletin trimestriel de la Société géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 82(4):17-29 [L. Villier/L. Villier/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59791: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.04.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

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