Pilton Shales Site D: Late/Upper Famennian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella plebeia
Fenestella umbrosa
cf. Fenestella cf. polyporata (Phillips 1836)
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Penniretepora sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
? Torynifer microgemma
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris unguiculus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
? Spiriferacea indet. King 1846
corrected as Spiriferoidea
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella interlineata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis
replaced by Sartenaerus
? Centrorhynchus partidgiae
replaced by Sartenaerus
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
cf. Whidbornella cf. pauli
Whidbornella sp.
cf. Hamlingella cf. goergesi (Paeckelmann 1931)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sauntonensis
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
? Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
? Pterineidae indet. Miller 1877
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pseudaviculopecten nexilis
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
? Eoschizodus sp. Cox 1951
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops (Omegops) accipitrinus (Phillips 1841)
recombined as Omegops accipitrinus
see common names

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 A, probably 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:38430
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-21 12:47:26 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-21 12:47:26
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]