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