Kingdon's, Shirwell: 5.75 km NE of Barnstaple town center: Late/Upper Famennian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Borestus hamlingii Whidborne 1896
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Loxonema cf. tenuisulcatum (Sandberger and Sandberger 1854)
recombined as Palaeozygopleura tenuisulcata
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Angyomphalus junius (Whidborne 1892)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Patellostium" britannicum n. sp. Amler and Heidelberger 2003
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) subglobatus Sedgwick and M'Coy 1855
Bellerophon (Aglaoglypta) labyrinthodes (Whidborne 1896)
recombined as Aglaoglypta labyrinthodes
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Devon
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 4.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.0° South, 1.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Geological group:Petherwin Formation:Baggy Member:Marwood
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Latest Devonian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:micaceous sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: "The Baggy Formation is composed of alternating fine- and medium-grained sandstones, rich in mica and feldspar, and fine-grained sand- and siltstones as well as silty shales. These beds reach a max. thickness of some 450m and crop out along a narrow E-W strike N of Barnstaple..."
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Environment interpreted as nearshore.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Only gastropods listed; many other elements present.
Metadata
Also known as:= Raleigh Wood, 3.0 kilometers northeast of Barnstaple town center ( The Square ), North Devon
Database number:68172
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-01-06 15:29:31 Last modified:2011-07-01 11:26:34
Access level:the public Released:2007-01-06 15:29:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10247. M.R.W. Amler and D. Heidelberger. 2003. Late Famennian Gastropoda from south-west England. Palaeontology 46(6):1151-1211 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]

Secondary references:

19603 N. S. Rogalla and M.R.W. Amler. 2006. Taxonomie und Systematik der Hippocardioidea Pojeta & Runnegar 1976 [n. superfam.] (Mollusca; Rostroconchia). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 80(4):344-383 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/J. Alroy]