Whitepark Bay, Antrim Coast, basal band of the White Limestone (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; limestone
• basal band of the White Limestone
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 197343: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.11.2018
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| Hexactinellida | |
"Camerospongia cf. fungiformis" = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) fungiformis
"Camerospongia cf. fungiformis" = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) fungiformis Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge | |
Coscinopora infundibuliformis, Leiostracosia robusta, Rhizopoterion cribrosum, Rhizopoterion tubiforme
Coscinopora infundibuliformis Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Leiostracosia robusta Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Rhizopoterion cribrosum glass sponge
Rhizopoterion tubiforme Schrammen 1912 glass sponge | |
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Cinclidella angustata Hinde 1883 glass sponge
Becksia aff. soeklandi glass sponge | |
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Etheridgia mirabilis Tate 1865 glass sponge | |
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Eurete aff. clarkei glass sponge | |