Pilton Formation Gastropods: Famennian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Borestus hamlingii Whidborne 1896
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
? Murchisonia cf. subornata de Koninck 1883
Murchisonia anglica d'Orbigny 1850
? Loxonema cf. priscum (Münster 1840)
recombined as Mesocoelia priscum
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
? Macrochilina piltonensis Amler and Heidelberger 2003
? Macrochilina turbinea Whidborne 1896
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Palaeozygopleura anglica (d'Orbigny 1850)
recombined as Australoxa anglica
Stylonema cf. trochleatum (Münster 1840)
Loxonema hallii Whidborne 1896
recombined as Katoptychia hallii
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Shansiella cf. globosa (Thomas 1940)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Phymatopleura aspera (Sedgwick and Murchison 1840)
recombined as Dictyobembix aspera
Angyomphalus (Angyomphalus) junius n. sp. (Whidborne 1892)
recombined as Angyomphalus junius
Dictyotomaria sp. Knight 1945
Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae
? Aclisina longissima Whidborne 1896
recombined as Stegocoelia longissima
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) subglobatus Sedgwick and M'Coy 1855
Bellerophon (Aglaoglypta) labyrinthodes (Whidborne 1896)
recombined as Aglaoglypta labyrinthodes
? Retispira sp. Knight 1945
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites barumensis (Whidborne 1896)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
? Tritonophon cf. bisulcata (Römer 1843)
recombined as Nylanderina bisulcata
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras spp.
Platyceras terminalis (Whidborne 1889)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus vermis (Whidborne 1896)
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
? Naticopsis hallii Whidborne 1892
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Platyceras rotundum (Whidborne 1896)
recombined as Orthonychia rotunda
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten halli
Amler 1992
Aviculopecten cf. nexilis
Amler 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten polytrichus
Amler 1992
Pterinopecten mundus Whidborne 1897
Amler 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria piltonensis
Amler 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida
Fasciculiconcha transversa
Amler 1992
Newellipecten austeni
Amler 1992
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinodesma (Actinodesma) angulosa
Amler 1992
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) anatinum (Whidborne 1897)
Amler 1992
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) cultellata (Whidborne 1897)
Amler 1992
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo lirata (Phillips 1841)
Amler 1992
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 4.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.0° South, 1.1° 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:Famennian
Age range of interval:372.20000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pilton
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Latest Devonian. Overlies Baggy Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: "The 'Pilton Shales' of the 'Pilton Formation' consist of alternating thin-bedded fine-grained sandstones, siltstones, and silty shales. Carbonate layers and lenses occur at several horizons...rapid facies changes, lateral thinning and the disappearance of beds, varying thickness and changing fossil content characterize the sequence."
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
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
Database number:38143
Authorizer:M. Foote, A. Hendy Enterer:M. Foote, A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-14 12:51:32 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-14 12:51:32
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:

52847 M. R. W. Amler. 1992. Shallow marine bivalves at the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary from the Velbert Anticline (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Annales de la Societie géologique de Belgique 115(2):405-423 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/B. Seuss]