Whitepark Bay, Antrim Coast: Late/Upper Campanian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula filiformis
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae
Etheridgia mirabilis Tate 1865
Coeloptychium furcatum
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
Camerospongia cf. fungiformis (Goldfuss 1831)
recombined as Camerospongia (Camerospongia) fungiformis
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Becksia sp. Schlüter 1868
Cyclostigma acinosa (Schrammen 1902)
recombined as Callicylix (Cyclostigma) acinosa
Cinclidella angustata (Hinde 1883)
Callodictyon sp. Zittel 1877
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Polyblastidiidae
Coeloscyphia racemosa (Smith 1848)
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Sporadoscinia venosa (Roemer 1841)
Sporadoscinia venosa var. teutoniae
Lepidospongia inermis Schrammen 1912
Rhizopoterion sp. Zittel 1877
Rhizopoterion tubiforme Schrammen 1912
Coscinopora infundibuliformis Goldfuss 1826
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Leptophragma sp. Zittel 1877
Leptophragma murchisoni (Goldfuss 1831)
Leptophragma micropora Schrammen 1912
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosida - Aulocystidae
Aulocystis sp. Schulze 1886
replaced by Neoaulocystis
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Verrucocoelia sp. Etallon 1859
Eurete sp. Semper 1868
Eurete aff. clarkei
Wollemannia araneosa Schrammen 1912
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa
Laocaetis cf. beaumonti
original and current combination Laocoetis
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Farreidae
Farrea sp. Bowerbank 1862
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Guettardia cf. radians
replaced by Guettardiscyphia
Guettardia quadrangularis
replaced by Guettardiscyphia
Polyopesia laevis (Schrammen 1912)
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Minchinellidae
Petrostroma sp. Doederlein 1892
Porosphaera globularis (Phillips 1829)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Ireland
Coordinates: 55.2° North, 6.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° North, 2.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian Zone: Belemnitella mucronata
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:White Limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:deep-water indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:197336
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-11-05 09:15:17 Last modified:2018-11-06 15:02:54
Access level:authorizer only Released:2019-05-05 09:15:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

67301. R. E. Reid. 1958. Remarks on the Upper Cretaceous Hexactinellida of County Antrim: Part II . The Irish Naturalists' Journal 12(10):261-269 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]