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
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 38442: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonellacea indet." = Rhynchonelloidea
"Rhynchonellacea indet." = Rhynchonelloidea d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Aulacella interlineata Sowerby 1840 | |
Strophomenata | |
Gastropoda | |
Straparollus (Philoxene) vermis Whidborne 1896 snail | |
"cf. Naticopsis (cf. Naticopsis) cf. halli" = Naticopsis hallii
"cf. Naticopsis (cf. Naticopsis) cf. halli" = Naticopsis hallii Whidborne 1892 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |