Pilton Shales Site S (Devonian to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° S, 1.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pilton Shales Formation, Famennian to Famennian (372.2 - 346.7 Ma)

• "Lower Carboniferous?"

• 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 38445: 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
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp.
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
"? Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"? Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
 Productida -
"Productacea indet." = Productoidea
"Productacea indet." = Productoidea Gray 1840
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
? Syringaxon sp.
? Syringaxon sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum sp.
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral