South end of Fremington strand (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 16.5° S, 1.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: B Member (Pilton Shales Formation), Hastarian (358.9 - 353.8 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone
• "Shallow seas..."
• "The shales, siltstones, thin sandstones and fossiliferous limestone lenses include thicker sandstones which commonly stand out as topographical features."
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. M. Owens. 1984. The Carboniferous Trilobites of Britain. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 138(570):1-31 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 229661: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.03.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Brachymetopus woodwardii Whidborne 1896 trilobite | |