Pilton Shales Site W (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 15.2° S, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pilton Shales Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• "Lower Carboniferous. Goldring (1970) assigned the beds to Pilton B."

• 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 38449: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina sp.
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
? Schizophoria sp.
 Rhynchonellida -
"Rhynchonellacea indet." = Rhynchonelloidea
"Rhynchonellacea indet." = Rhynchonelloidea d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
? Ovatia ? spinulifera
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productellina" fremingtonensis
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
? Schuchertella sp.
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes cf. hadrensis
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834