The Comley Limestone is an Early Cambrian
Lagerstätte
A Lagerstätte (, from ''Lager'' 'storage, lair' '' Stätte'' 'place'; plural ''Lagerstätten'') is a sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues. These for ...
exposed in
Comley
Comley is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is near the A49 road, to the northeast of Church Stretton.
It is situated between two prominent hills: Caer Caradoc to the south and The Lawley to the north. The elevation of the hamlet is around ...
,
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
, England. It is known for its phosphatic microfossils, which can be extracted by acid maceration and are preserved in three dimensions in a similar fashion to the
Orsten
The Orsten fauna are fossilized organisms preserved in the Orsten lagerstätten of Cambrian (Late Miaolingian to Furongian) rocks, notably at Kinnekulle and on the island of Öland, all in Sweden.
The initial site, discovered in 1975 by Klaus M ...
fossils.
It represents around 10 million years of deposition, and was deposited from 519 to 501 million years ago.
See also
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Geology of Shropshire
: ''This article describes the geology of the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England which includes the modern administrative county together with the district of Telford and Wrekin.''
The geology of Shropshire is very diverse with a large n ...
References
Lagerstätten
Geology of Shropshire
Ordovician south paleopolar deposits
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