Brand Hills Formation

Brand Hills Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian 534.5–532  Ma [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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	Diorite Unconformity Hanging Rocks Formation
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

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 Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Ichnogenera

Genus	Species	Notes	Images
Arenicolites [3]	Arenicolites isp.	Burrows.

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• United Kingdom portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United Kingdom

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.

1. 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.
2. Moseley, John; Ford, Trevor. "The Sedimentology of the Charnian Supergroup" (PDF). Mercian Geologist.
3. 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.