Echinodermata, level B, Wilmington Sands, Wilmington, Devon (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (50.8° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 1.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Wilmington Sands Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Mantelliceras mantelli zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, yellow sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: A. B. Smith, C.R.C. Paul, A.S. Gale and S.K. Donovan. 1988. Cenomanian and Lower Turonian echinoderms from Wilmington, south-east Devon, England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geological Series 42:1-245 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59682: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 07.04.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
? Isocrinus cenomanensis d'Orbigny 1850 Sea lily
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Valettaster ocellatus Forbes 1848 sea star
 Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Phocidaster grandis Spencer 1913 sea star
Pycinaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae indet. Forbes 1841 sea star
"Ophryaster sulcatus" = Tomidaster sulcatus Sladen 1891 sea star
Mastaster villersensis Mercier 1935 sea star
Metopaster sp. Sladen 1893 sea star
Caletaster sp. Breton 1978 sea star
Comptoniaster comptoni Forbes 1848 sea star
Calliderma smithiae Forbes 1848 sea star
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Coulonia sp. de Loriol 1874 sea star
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin
Polydiadema bonei sea urchin
Tiaromma michelini sea urchin
 Holectypoida - Discoididae
 Holectypoida -
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster nodulosus Goldfuss 1863 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster bufo Brongniart 1822 heart urchin
 Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
 Calycina -
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Stereocidaris uniformis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Stereocidaris uniformis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Tylocidaris velifera pencil urchin