Echinodermata, level I, Wilmington limestone, Wilmington, Devon: Middle Cenomanian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Isocrinidae
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? Isocrinus undulatus
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Pseudodiadematidae
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Tetragramma variolare
(Brongniart 1822)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holectypoida
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Echinogalerus rostratus
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Holaster subglobosus
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Holaster nodulosus
Goldfuss 1863
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
- Cassidulidae
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Catopygus columbarius
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Echinoneoida
- Conulidae
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Conulus castanea
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1 specimen | ||||||
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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: | Middle Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Grizzle | ||||
| Local section: | Wilmington | Local bed: | I | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Acanthoceras rhotomagense zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,phosphatic lithified sandy "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore 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: | 59712 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier |
| Modifier: | L. Villier | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-04-10 01:47:19 | Last modified: | 2006-09-11 03:06:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-04-10 01:47:19 |
| 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] |