Childrey (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 0.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Schloenbachia varians ammonoid zone, West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation (Chalk Group), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• Chalk Marl above the Glauconitic Marl

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. H. Reid. 1961. A monograph of the Upper Cretaceous Hexactinellida of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, part III. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 27-48 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112692: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Phymosinion sp.3
Phymosinion sp.3 Pomel 1872 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata3, Ophrystoma micrommata3
"Exanthesis reticulatus" = Exanthesis (Exanthesis) reticulata3 Hinde 1883 glass sponge
Ophrystoma micrommata3 Roemer 1864 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
Sestrodictyon retiforme3
 Lychniscosa -
"Exanthesis labrosus" = Plectascus labrosus3
"Exanthesis labrosus" = Plectascus labrosus3 Smith 1848 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Sarophora aptiensis3, Tremabolites sp.3
Sarophora aptiensis3 Herenger 1942 glass sponge
Tremabolites sp.3 Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Strephinia convoluta3, Botroclonium arborescens2, "Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni2
Strephinia convoluta3 Hinde 1884 glass sponge
Botroclonium arborescens2 Pocta 1883 glass sponge
"Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni2 Mantell 1822 glass sponge
 Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae
Regadrella sp.3
Regadrella sp.3 Schmidt 1880 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Andreaea sp.3
Andreaea sp.3 Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Eurete meandrina, Eurete lithodendron n. sp., "Eurete prolatum n. sp." = Eurete (Aulodomus) prolatum1, ? Eurete setosum n. sp., Eurete farreoides n. sp., Eurete formosum n. sp.1, Eurete smithi n. sp., Nemarete mirabilis n. gen. n. sp.
Eurete meandrina glass sponge
Eurete lithodendron n. sp. Reid 1961 glass sponge
"Eurete prolatum n. sp." = Eurete (Aulodomus) prolatum1 Reid 1959 glass sponge
? Eurete setosum n. sp. Reid 1961 glass sponge
Eurete farreoides n. sp. Reid 1961 glass sponge
Eurete formosum n. sp.1 Reid 1959 glass sponge
Eurete smithi n. sp. Reid 1961 glass sponge
Nemarete mirabilis n. gen. n. sp. Reid 1961 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Tretodictyidae
Hexactinella sp.3, Hexactinella cf. loeschmanni3
Hexactinella sp.3 Carter 1885 glass sponge
1Reid 1959; 2Reid 1964; 3Reid 1968