Pilton Shales Site C: Late/Upper Famennian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Araksalosiidae
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Whidbornella caperata
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Whidbornella pauli
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes sauntonensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris unguiculus
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis
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| replaced by Sartenaerus | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Aulacella interlineata
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten sp.
M'Coy 1851
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pterinopectinidae
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Pseudaviculopecten nexilis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Streblochondriidae
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Streblopteria piltonensis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Leptodesma sp.
Hall 1883
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Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) sp.
(Hall 1884)
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| original and current combination Actinopteria | |||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Phacopidae
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? Phacops sp.
Emmrich 1839
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 4.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.1° South, 1.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Famennian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 365.30000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pilton Shales | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Thought to be uppermost Devonian (Wocklumeria). Pilton A1. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "The shales, siltstones, thin sandstones and fossiliferous limestone lenses include thicker sandstones which commonly stand out as topographical features." | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "Shallow seas..." | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 38429 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-21 12:43:04 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 14:01:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-21 12:43:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10303. | 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] |