Pilton Shales Site L (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 1.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pilton Shales Formation, Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• Thought to be uppermost Devonian (Wocklumeria). Pilton A.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone

• "Shallow seas..."
• "The shales, siltstones, thin sandstones and fossiliferous limestone lenses include thicker sandstones which commonly stand out as topographical features."

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38438: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella plebeia
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sauntonensis
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis" = Sartenaerus
"cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis" = Sartenaerus
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
cf. Cyrtospirifer cf. verneuili
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
? Cleiothyridina sp.
? Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
cf. Ptychopteria (cf. Ptychopteria) cf. damnoniensis, cf. Leptodesma (cf. Leptodesma) cf. cultellatum
Ostracoda
 Leperditellocopida - Primitiidae
"Primitia" cf. bovifrons
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
cf. Phacops (cf. Omegops) cf. accipitrinus