The Westbury Shales is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils of Holcoptera schlotheimi, Saurichthys acuminatus, Coleopteron sp. and Liassophlebia sp. dating back to the Rhaetian period.[1]
| Westbury Shales | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Rhaetian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51°48′N 2°24′W / 51.8°N 2.4°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 36°18′N 0°48′E / 36.3°N 0.8°E |
| Region | England |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
  Westbury Shales (the United Kingdom)  Westbury Shales (England) | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Westbury Shales at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
edit- R. S. Kelly, A. J. Ross, and P. Davidson. 2017. Mesozoic Holcoptera (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae) from England and the United States. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 128:659-674
- R. J. G. Savage and N. F. Large. 1966. On Birgeria acuminata and the absence of labyrinthodonts from the Rhaetic. Palaeontology 9(1):135-141
- R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40