Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 1.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pilton Shales Formation, Late/Upper Famennian to Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 346.7 Ma)
• Probably Pilton A.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 38439: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Strophomenata | |
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862 | |
cf. Xystostrophia cf. umbraculum von Schlotheim 1820 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spiriferacea indet." = Spiriferoidea
"Spiriferacea indet." = Spiriferoidea King 1846 | |
"cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis" = Sartenaerus
"cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis" = Sartenaerus | |
Aulacella interlineata Sowerby 1840 | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Bivalvia | |
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |