Pilton Shales Site C (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.7° S, 1.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wocklumeria ammonoid zone, A Member (Pilton Shales Formation), Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• Thought to be uppermost Devonian (Wocklumeria). Pilton A1.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; shale and limestone

• "Shallow seas..." Deltaic, nearshore (Whittaker & Leveridge 2011)
• "The shales, siltstones, thin sandstones and fossiliferous limestone lenses include thicker sandstones which commonly stand out as topographical features."

Size class: macrofossils

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 38429: 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
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sauntonensis
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Whidbornella caperata, Whidbornella pauli
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris unguiculus
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella interlineata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis" = Sartenaerus
"cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis" = Sartenaerus
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pseudaviculopecten nexilis
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria piltonensis
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) sp." = Actinopteria, Leptodesma sp.
"Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) sp." = Actinopteria Hall 1884 oyster
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
? Phacops sp.
? Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite