Pilton Shales Site W: Tournaisian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
? Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes cf. hadrensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
"Productellina" fremingtonensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
? Ovatia ? spinulifera
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellacea indet. Gray 1848
replaced by Rhynchonelloidea
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
? Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina sp.
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 4.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.2° South, 1.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Early/Lower Mississippian
Stage:Tournaisian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 1
Key time interval:Tournaisian
Age range of interval:358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pilton Shales
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: "Lower Carboniferous. Goldring (1970) assigned the beds to Pilton B."
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:38449
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-21 14:13:54 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-21 14:13:54
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]