Crickley Hill (Wright collection) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 8.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Crickley Member (Birdlip Limestone Formation), Murchisonae (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)

• M. murchisoni zone - now considered Aalenian in age (was late Toarcian in Beauvais)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• Recif de Crickley

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. Wright in 1846-1860; reposited in the BGS, BMNH

• Collection of Thomas Wright, later sold to BMNH (some specimens also in BGS)

Primary reference: T. Wright. 1851. On the Cidaridae of the Oolites, with a description of some new species of that family. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 8:241-280 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196365: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
"Cidaris bouchardii n. sp." = Anisocidaris bouchardii, "Cidaris wrightii n. sp." = Paracidaris wrightii
"Cidaris bouchardii n. sp." = Anisocidaris bouchardii Wright 1851 pencil urchin
"Cidaris wrightii n. sp." = Paracidaris wrightii Desor 1855 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
"Cidaris fowleri n. sp." = Rhabdocidaris fowleri
"Cidaris fowleri n. sp." = Rhabdocidaris fowleri Wright 1851 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae
Diplocidaris wrightii n. sp.
Diplocidaris wrightii n. sp. Desor 1855 pencil urchin
Part of Cidaris fowleri in Wright, 1851
 Pedinoida - Pedinidae
"Goniopygus perforatus n. sp." = Hemipedina perforata, "Hemipedina bonei n. sp." = Diademopsis bonei, "Hemipedina tetragramma n. sp." = Diademopsis tetragramma, "Hemipedina waterhousei n. sp." = Diademopsis tetragramma
"Goniopygus perforatus n. sp." = Hemipedina perforata Wright 1851 sea urchin
"Hemipedina bonei n. sp." = Diademopsis bonei Wright 1855 sea urchin
"Hemipedina tetragramma n. sp." = Diademopsis tetragramma Wright 1855 sea urchin
"Hemipedina waterhousei n. sp." = Diademopsis tetragramma Wright 1855 sea urchin
 Echinothurioida - Pelanechinidae
"Pedina bakeri n. sp." = Pseudopedina bakeri
"Pedina bakeri n. sp." = Pseudopedina bakeri Wright 1854 sea urchin
Includes part of Pedina smithii in Wright 1861