Where: France (49.8° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 1.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Craie d'Eletot Formation, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• Neptuni zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, 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 59582: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
? Metopaster uncatus Forbes 1848 sea star
Metopaster parkinsoni Forbes 1848 sea star | |
Asteriidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaridae indet. Gray 1825 pencil urchin | |
Diadematidae indet. Gray 1855 sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Isocrinus aff. granulosus Sea lily |