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, probably A1.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone
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 38430: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Phacops (Omegops) accipitrinus Phillips 1841 trilobite | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
? Pterineidae indet. Miller 1877 oyster | |
Pseudaviculopecten nexilis scallop | |
? Eoschizodus sp. Cox 1951 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"? Spiriferacea indet." = Spiriferoidea
"? Spiriferacea indet." = Spiriferoidea King 1846 | |
"cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis" = Sartenaerus, "? Centrorhynchus partidgiae" = Sartenaerus
"cf. Centrorhynchus cf. letiensis" = Sartenaerus
"? Centrorhynchus partidgiae" = Sartenaerus | |
Strophomenata | |
Lingulata | |
? Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |