Whitepark Bay, Antrim Coast (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

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 197336: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.11.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula filiformis
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp.
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Calcarea
 Lithonida - Minchinellidae
Porosphaera globularis, Petrostroma sp.
Porosphaera globularis Phillips 1829 calcareous sponge
Petrostroma sp. Doederlein 1892 calcareous sponge
Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosida - Aulocystidae
"Aulocystis sp." = Neoaulocystis
"Aulocystis sp." = Neoaulocystis Zhuravleva 1962 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa -
Laocaetis cf. beaumonti
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Polyopesia laevis, "Guettardia cf. radians" = Guettardiscyphia, "Guettardia quadrangularis" = Guettardiscyphia
Polyopesia laevis Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
"Guettardia cf. radians" = Guettardiscyphia glass sponge
"Guettardia quadrangularis" = Guettardiscyphia glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Eurete sp., Eurete aff. clarkei, Verrucocoelia sp., Wollemannia araneosa
Eurete sp. Semper 1868 glass sponge
Eurete aff. clarkei glass sponge
Verrucocoelia sp. Etallon 1859 glass sponge
Wollemannia araneosa Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Farreidae
Farrea sp.
Farrea sp. Bowerbank 1862 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Leptophragma sp., Leptophragma murchisoni, Leptophragma micropora
Leptophragma sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
Leptophragma murchisoni Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge
Leptophragma micropora Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
"Camerospongia cf. fungiformis" = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) fungiformis
"Camerospongia cf. fungiformis" = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) fungiformis Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Rhizopoterion sp., Rhizopoterion tubiforme, Lepidospongia inermis, Coscinopora infundibuliformis, Sporadoscinia venosa
Rhizopoterion sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
Rhizopoterion tubiforme Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Lepidospongia inermis Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Coscinopora infundibuliformis Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Sporadoscinia venosa Roemer 1841 glass sponge
Sporadoscinia venosa var. teutoniae
 Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae
Etheridgia mirabilis, Coeloptychium furcatum
Etheridgia mirabilis Tate 1865 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
"Cyclostigma acinosa" = Callicylix (Cyclostigma) acinosa, Becksia sp., Cinclidella angustata, Callodictyon sp.
"Cyclostigma acinosa" = Callicylix (Cyclostigma) acinosa Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
Becksia sp. Schlüter 1868 glass sponge
Cinclidella angustata Hinde 1883 glass sponge
Callodictyon sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Polyblastidiidae
Coeloscyphia racemosa
Coeloscyphia racemosa Smith 1848 glass sponge