Where: France (46.0° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 1.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, argillaceous, silty wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: D. Néraudeau and G. Breton. 1993. Astérides du Cénomanien de Charente-Maritime (SW France). Géobios 26(1):105-120 [L. Villier/L. Villier/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59819: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 14.04.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
Squalicorax cf. intermedius Glickman 1971 crow shark
Squalicorax baharijensis Stromer 1927 crow shark | |
Scapanorhynchus minimus Landemaine 1991 goblin shark | |
Cenocarcharias rochbrunei Sauvage 1880 sand tiger shark | |
Asteroidea | |
Metopaster parkinsoni Forbes 1848 sea star
Caletaster romani Breton 1988 sea star | |
Bivalvia | |
Ichthyosarcolites triangularis Desmarest 1822 rudist |