Pilton Shales Site O (Devonian to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° S, 1.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pilton Shales Formation, Famennian to Famennian (372.2 - 346.7 Ma)

• Probably Pilton A.

• 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 38441: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
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? Anthozoa indet.
? Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria" sp.
"Pleurotomaria" sp. Defrance 1826 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus (Philoxene) vermis
Straparollus (Philoxene) vermis Whidborne 1896 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
cf. Aulacella cf. interlineata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer sp.
Cyrtospirifer sp. Nalivkin 1924
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
cf. Composita cf. struniensis
Strophomenata
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
? Whidbornella ? caperata
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862