Pilton Shales Site A (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 1.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pilton Shales Formation, Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• Thought to be uppermost Devonian (Wocklumeria).

• formation-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."

Primary reference: E. A. Edmonds, A. Whittaker, and B. J. Williams. 1985. Geology of the country around Ilfracombe and Barnstaple (Memoirs of the British Geological Survey for 1:50000 sheets 277 and 293, new series) 1-97 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38427: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
cf. Ptychomaletoechia cf. omaliusi
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
"Orthoceras" speciosum
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon subglobatus
Bellerophon subglobatus Sedgwick and M'Coy 1855 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo cf. antiqua, Palaeoneilo cf. constricta, Palaeoneilo tensa
Palaeoneilo cf. constricta Conrad 1842 clam
Palaeoneilo tensa Whidborne 1896 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Ptychopteria sp., Leptodesma sp.
Ptychopteria sp. Hall 1883 oyster
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea" depressa, "Cucullaea" sp.
"Cucullaea" sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
"Prothyris cf. contorta" = Prothyris contorta, "Sanguinolites mimus" = Prothyris contorta
"Prothyris cf. contorta" = Prothyris contorta Whidborne 1896 clam
"Sanguinolites mimus" = Prothyris contorta Whidborne 1896 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
? Sanguinolites sp.
? Sanguinolites sp. M'Coy 1844 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"cf. Spathella cf. munda" = Pleurophorella munda
"cf. Spathella cf. munda" = Pleurophorella munda Whidborne 1896 clam
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia scalaris
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
""Cucullaea" unilateralis" = Dolabra unilateralis
""Cucullaea" unilateralis" = Dolabra unilateralis Sowerby 1840 clam
 Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
? Eoschizodus deltoideus, Eoschizodus inflatus