Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 20.0° S, 1.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pilton Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)
• Latest Devonian. Overlies Baggy Formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale
Primary reference: M.R.W. Amler and D. Heidelberger. 2003. Late Famennian Gastropoda from south-west England. Palaeontology 46(6):1151-1211 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38143: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 14.04.2004, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Platyceras spp. Conrad 1840 snail
Platyceras terminalis Whidborne 1889 snail | |
Straparollus vermis Whidborne 1896 snail | |
"Platyceras rotundum" = Orthonychia rotunda
"Platyceras rotundum" = Orthonychia rotunda Whidborne 1896 snail | |
"? Aclisina longissima" = Stegocoelia longissima
"? Aclisina longissima" = Stegocoelia longissima Whidborne 1896 snail | |
"? Tritonophon cf. bisulcata" = Nylanderina bisulcata
"? Tritonophon cf. bisulcata" = Nylanderina bisulcata Römer 1843 snail | |
Euphemites barumensis Whidborne 1896 snail | |
"Bellerophon (Aglaoglypta) labyrinthodes" = Aglaoglypta labyrinthodes, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) subglobatus, ? Retispira sp.
"Bellerophon (Aglaoglypta) labyrinthodes" = Aglaoglypta labyrinthodes Whidborne 1896 snail
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) subglobatus Sedgwick and M'Coy 1855 snail
? Retispira sp. Knight 1945 snail | |
"Palaeozygopleura anglica" = Australoxa anglica, "Loxonema hallii" = Katoptychia hallii, Stylonema cf. trochleatum
"Palaeozygopleura anglica" = Australoxa anglica d'Orbigny 1850 snail
"Loxonema hallii" = Katoptychia hallii Whidborne 1896 snail
Stylonema cf. trochleatum Münster 1840 snail | |
? Macrochilina turbinea Whidborne 1896 snail
? Macrochilina piltonensis Amler and Heidelberger 2003 snail | |
"Angyomphalus (Angyomphalus) junius n. sp." = Angyomphalus junius, Dictyotomaria sp., "Phymatopleura aspera" = Dictyobembix aspera
"Angyomphalus (Angyomphalus) junius n. sp." = Angyomphalus junius Whidborne 1892 snail
Dictyotomaria sp. Knight 1945 snail
"Phymatopleura aspera" = Dictyobembix aspera Sedgwick and Murchison 1840 snail | |
Shansiella cf. globosa Thomas 1940 snail | |
"? Loxonema cf. priscum" = Mesocoelia priscum Münster 1840 snail
? Murchisonia cf. subornata de Koninck 1883 snail
Murchisonia anglica d'Orbigny 1850 snail | |
? Naticopsis hallii Whidborne 1892 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Palaeoneilo lirata Phillips 1841 clam | |
Newellipecten austeni scallop
Fasciculiconcha transversa scallop | |
Pterinopecten polytrichus scallop
Pterinopecten mundus Whidborne 1897 scallop | |
Aviculopecten halli scallop
Aviculopecten cf. nexilis scallop | |
Streblopteria piltonensis scallop | |
Actinodesma (Actinodesma) angulosa, Leptodesma (Leptodesma) cultellata, Leptodesma (Leptodesma) anatinum
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) cultellata Whidborne 1897 oyster
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) anatinum Whidborne 1897 oyster |