PBDB Collection

Whitepark Bay, Antrim Coast, glauconitic chalk (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Ireland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 6.4° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 2.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Belemnitella mucronata zone, White Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep-water; chalk

• Glauconitic chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197341: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.11.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Hexactinellida
Hexactinosa - Euretidae	Eurete aff. clarkei, Wollemannia sp., Wollemannia araneosa Eurete aff. clarkei glass sponge Wollemannia sp. Schrammen 1912 glass sponge Wollemannia araneosa Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae	"Guettardia striata" = Guettardiscyphia striata, "Guettardia bisalata" = Guettardiscyphia bisalata "Guettardia striata" = Guettardiscyphia striata Schrammen 1912 glass sponge "Guettardia bisalata" = Guettardiscyphia bisalata Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae	Leptophragma murchisoni Leptophragma murchisoni Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Polyblastidiidae	Coeloscyphia racemosa Coeloscyphia racemosa Smith 1848 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae	"Camerospongia cf. fungiformis" = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) fungiformis, ? Toulminia wollemanni "Camerospongia cf. fungiformis" = Camerospongia (Camerospongia) fungiformis Goldfuss 1831 glass sponge ? Toulminia wollemanni Schrammen 1912 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae	Coeloptychium furcatum, Etheridgia mirabilis Coeloptychium furcatum glass sponge Etheridgia mirabilis Tate 1865 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae	Becksia sp., Cinclidella sp., Cinclidella angustata Becksia sp. Schlüter 1868 glass sponge Cinclidella sp. Schrammen 1912 glass sponge Cinclidella angustata Hinde 1883 glass sponge
Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae	Rhizopoterion cribrosum, Rhizopoterion sp., Rhizopoterion tubiforme, Coscinopora infundibuliformis, Leiostracosia sp., Leiostracosia aff. punctata, Sporadoscinia sp., Sporadoscinia venosa, Sporadoscinia stirps, Lepidospongia inermis, Ventriculites chonoides, Ventriculites radiatus Rhizopoterion cribrosum glass sponge Rhizopoterion sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge Rhizopoterion tubiforme Schrammen 1912 glass sponge Coscinopora infundibuliformis Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge Leiostracosia sp. Schrammen 1902 glass sponge Leiostracosia aff. punctata Schrammen 1902 glass sponge Sporadoscinia sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge Sporadoscinia venosa Roemer 1841 glass sponge Sporadoscinia venosa var. teutoniae Sporadoscinia stirps Schrammen 1912 glass sponge Lepidospongia inermis Schrammen 1912 glass sponge Ventriculites chonoides glass sponge Ventriculites radiatus Mantell 1822 glass sponge