Purple Shale Formation
31 distinct taxa, from 36 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 439–433 Mya.
England, Wales · UK
31 taxa · 36 fossils · 439–433 MyaLoading coastlines…
5 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
- Dicoelosia alticavata
- Lingula
- Mendacella
- Bucaniopsis carinatus reedi
- Caenotreta aldridgei
- Craniops
- Dolerorthis psygma
- Gastropoda
- Hesperorthis davidsoni
- Hesperorthis onniensis
- Hormotoma grayiana
- Leptaena contermina
- Leptaena purpurea
- Linoporella punctata
- Liospira cornovica
- Loxoplocus sedgwicki
- Mendacella lata
- Mendacella phiala
- Mendacella uberis
- Mesoleptostrophia (Mesoleptostrophia) ostrina
- Mesopholidostrophia salopiensis
- Orbiculoidea forbesii
- Philhedra athenae
- Platystrophia
- Plectonotoides boucoti
- Pterotheca avirostris
- Ptychopleurella
- Ptychopleurella multicostata
- Schizoramma valentica
- Skenidioides
- Ulrichospira similis
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.