ammonites
Lense 2, Asteroidea, Lower Turonian, Saint-Jouin, Seine-Maritime, Normandy (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (49.5° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 1.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Nodosoides zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; poorly lithified wackestone

• Chalk

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, 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 59620: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 05.04.2006