Whitepark Bay, Antrim Coast, upper part of glauconitic chalk (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Ireland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 6.4° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 2.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Belemnitella mucronata zone, White Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep-water; chalk

• Glauconitic chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Reid. 1958. Remarks on the Upper Cretaceous Hexactinellida of County Antrim: Part II . The Irish Naturalists' Journal 12(10):261-269 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197342: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.11.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Polyblastidiidae
Coeloscyphia racemosa
Coeloscyphia racemosa Smith 1848 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Sporadoscinia venosa, Rhizopoterion sp.
Sporadoscinia venosa Roemer 1841 glass sponge
Sporadoscinia venosa var. teutoniae
Rhizopoterion sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
? Porochonia simplex
? Porochonia simplex Smith 1848 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae
Etheridgia mirabilis
Etheridgia mirabilis Tate 1865 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Eurete sp., Wollemannia araneosa
Eurete sp. Semper 1868 glass sponge
Wollemannia araneosa Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Leptophragma murchisoni
Leptophragma murchisoni Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge