Brand Hills Formation
| Brand Hills Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Cambrian | |
 Swithland Wood and The Brand, which gave the second half of its name to the formation, which itself can be found here. | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Brand Group |
| Sub-units | South Quarry Slump Breccia, Lubcloud Greywackes and Morley Lane Tuffs Members |
| Underlies | Swithland Formation[2] |
| Overlies |
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| Thickness | 95 m (311 ft)[2] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Quartzarenite |
| Other | Pelite, Greywacke, Breccia |
| Location | |
| Region | Leicestershire |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Swithland Wood and The Brand |
The Brand Hills Formation is a geologic formation in Leicestershire, and lies within the wider Swithland Wood and The Brand area. It preserves an ichnotaxon dating back to the Cambrian period.
Paleobiota
[edit]Whilst there isn't alot within the Brand Hills Formation, it does mark the appearance of ichnogenera, which are usually attributed to burrowing organisms like marine annelids. In the case of this formation, only Arenicolites is known.
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Ichnogenera
[edit]| Genus | Species | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arenicolites[3] |
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Burrows. |  |
See also
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References
[edit]- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ McILROY, D.; Brasier, M. D.; Moseley, J. B. (March 1998). "The Proterozoic–Cambrian transition within the 'Charnian Supergroup' of central England and the antiquity of the Ediacara fauna". Journal of the Geological Society. 155 (2): 401–411. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.155.2.0401.
- ^ a b Moseley, John; Ford, Trevor. "The Sedimentology of the Charnian Supergroup" (PDF). Mercian Geologist.
- ^ McILROY, D.; Brasier, M. D.; Moseley, J. B. (March 1998). "The Proterozoic–Cambrian transition within the 'Charnian Supergroup' of central England and the antiquity of the Ediacara fauna". Journal of the Geological Society. 155 (2): 401–411. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.155.2.0401.