PBDB Collection

Newtown Abbot (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Reef 1218

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.5° N, 3.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.1° S, 21.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chercombe Bridge Limestone Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Originally entered as Denbury Crinoidal Limestone; thickness ~30 m; underlies Chercombe Limestone & overlies Nordon Slate; Chercombe underlies Foxley Tuff.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• darker-gray, limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: C.T. Scrutton. 1977. Facies variations in the Devonian limestones of eastern South Devon. Geological Magazine 114:165-248 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81022: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 26.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae	Stringocephalus sp. Stringocephalus sp.
Anthozoa
Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae	Calceola sandalina Calceola sandalina Linnaeus 1771 horn coral
Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae	Cystiphylloides sp., Cystiphylloides secundum Cystiphylloides sp. Chapman 1893 horn coral Cystiphylloides secundum horn coral
Stauriida - Laccophyllidae	Amplexocarinia tortuosa Amplexocarinia tortuosa horn coral
Stauriida - Zaphrentidae	Heliophyllum sp. Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral
Stauriida - Disphyllidae	Ceratophyllum cf. soetenicum Ceratophyllum cf. soetenicum horn coral
Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae	Thamnophyllum sp., Thamnophyllum germanicum, Macgeea cf. bathycalyx Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral Thamnophyllum germanicum horn coral Macgeea cf. bathycalyx horn coral
Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae	Dohmophyllum helianthoides, Grypophyllum cf. convolutum, Grypophyllum cf. primum, Grypophyllum denkmanni, Acanthophyllum sp., Acanthophyllum cf. concavum Dohmophyllum helianthoides horn coral Grypophyllum cf. convolutum horn coral Grypophyllum cf. primum horn coral Grypophyllum denkmanni horn coral Acanthophyllum sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral Acanthophyllum cf. concavum horn coral
Stauriida - Stringophyllidae	Stringophyllum isactis, Stringophyllum sp., Stringophyllum normale, Stringophyllum buchelense Stringophyllum isactis horn coral Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral Stringophyllum normale horn coral Stringophyllum buchelense horn coral
Stauriida - Stauriidae	Dendrostella trigemme Dendrostella trigemme horn coral
Heliolitida - Heliolitidae	"Heliolites porosa" = Heliolites porosus "Heliolites porosa" = Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Favositida - Alveolitidae	Caliapora sp., Alveolites sp. Caliapora sp. Schlüter 1889 tabulate coral Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral