Pilton Shales Site V (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 15.2° S, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pilton Shales Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• Pilton B

• 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 38448: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.04.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cypricardinium sp.
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Archegonus (? Angustibole) porteri" = Belgibole porteri, Archegonus (Phillibole) sp.
"Archegonus (? Angustibole) porteri" = Belgibole porteri Goldring 1955 trilobite
Archegonus (Phillibole) sp. Richter and Richter 1937 trilobite
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae
Imitoceras sp.
Imitoceras sp. Schindewolf 1923 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"cf. Naticopsis (cf. Naticopsis) cf. halli" = Naticopsis hallii
"cf. Naticopsis (cf. Naticopsis) cf. halli" = Naticopsis hallii Whidborne 1892 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalidae sp.
Euomphalidae sp. White 1877 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
? Platyceras sp.
? Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina -
Murchisonioidea indet.
Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia cf. sharmani
Polidevcia cf. sharmani Etheridge 1878 clam
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopectinella austeni
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp.
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas sp.
Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elythidae indet.
Elythidae indet. Fredericks 1924
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
? Reticularia sp.
? Reticularia sp. Frederiks 1915
Strophomenata
 Productida -
"Productacea indet." = Productoidea
"Productacea indet." = Productoidea Gray 1840
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia analoga
Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella plebeia
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834