Echinodermata, level H, top of Grizzle, Wilmington, Devon: Early/Lower Cenomanian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
? Isocrinus undulatus
3 specimens
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Calliderma smithiae (Forbes 1848)
1 specimen
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma variolare (Brongniart 1822)
1 specimen
Polydiadema bonei
3 specimens
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
Glyptocyphus difficile
1 specimen
Echinoidea
Cottaldia granulosa
2 specimens
Cottaldia benettiae (Koenig 1825)
4 specimens
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Hyposalenia umbrella
2 specimens
Goniophorus lunatus
3 specimens
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia petalifera
4 specimens
Echinoidea - Holectypoida
Echinogalerus rostratus
7 specimens
Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Discoididae
Discoides subucula
59 specimens
Discoides favrinus
1 specimen
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster bischoffi
11 specimens
Holaster nodulosus Goldfuss 1863
12 specimens
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Catopygus columbarius
3 specimens
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Conulus castanea
15 specimens
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Stereocidaris essenensis
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Tylocidaris velifera
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom County:Devon
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 0.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.6° North, 1.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Grizzle
Local section:Wilmington Local bed:H
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Mantelliceras mantelli zone, Dixoni zub-zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,glauconitic,phosphatic poorly lithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:variable
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Database number:59711
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-04-10 01:39:15 Last modified:2006-09-11 03:05:53
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-10 01:39:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17085. 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]