Downton Castle Sandstone

56 distinct taxa, from 229 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 423–420 Mya.

England · UK

56 taxa · 229 fossils · 423–420 Mya

Filed under the Whitcliffe Group. Members recorded: Ludlow Bone Bed, Platyschisma Beds, Platyschisma Shale, Lower Bone Bed, Rushall Beds.

Macrostrat places this rock in the Downton Subgroup, in the Lower Old Red Sandstone Group, in the Old Red Sandstone Supergroup, and dates it 423–420 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record

Downton Castle Sandstone — 52.00°N, 2.00°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 51.37°N, 2.73°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 52.37°N, 2.73°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 52.43°N, 2.81°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 52.57°N, 2.48°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 52.20°N, 3.00°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 52.00°N, 3.00°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 52.45°N, 2.12°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 52.93°N, 4.37°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 52.05°N, 2.70°WDownton Castle Sandstone — 52.47°N, 1.88°W

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11 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.

When

What has been found

The 40 most often recorded, of 56.

What else lived thenRank the rock of a period

Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.