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, cherty/siliceous 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 59688: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 07.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Stereocidaris uniformis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Stereocidaris uniformis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin | |
Tylocidaris velifera pencil urchin | |
Salenia petalifera sea urchin | |
Goniophorus lunatus sea urchin | |
Cottaldia benettiae Koenig 1825 sea urchin | |
Glyptocyphus radiatus sea urchin | |
Tiaromma michelini sea urchin
Polydiadema bonei sea urchin
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin | |
Catopygus columbarius sea urchin | |
Discoides subucula sea urchin | |
Echinogalerus rostratus sea urchin | |
Holaster nodulosus Goldfuss 1863 sea urchin | |
Allomma rhodani sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Pycinaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star | |
Goniasteridae indet. Forbes 1841 sea star
Metopaster sp. Sladen 1893 sea star
"Ophryaster sulcatus" = Tomidaster sulcatus Sladen 1891 sea star
Caletaster sp. Breton 1978 sea star | |
Crinoidea | |
? Isocrinus undulatus Sea lily
? Isocrinus cenomanensis d'Orbigny 1850 Sea lily |