Echinodermata, level C, 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, 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
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Stereocidaris uniformis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Stereocidaris uniformis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Tylocidaris velifera pencil urchin
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
 Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
 Calycina -
Cottaldia benettiae Koenig 1825 sea urchin
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Polydiadema bonei sea urchin
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
 Holectypoida - Discoididae
 Holectypoida -
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster nodulosus Goldfuss 1863 sea urchin
 Hemicidaroida -
Allomma rhodani sea urchin
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Pycinaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
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
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
? Isocrinus cenomanensis d'Orbigny 1850 Sea lily