Comley limestone

Comley limestone Stratigraphic range: 519-509 Ma
Location
Location	Comley, Shropshire, UK

The Comley Limestone is an Early Cambrian Lagerstatte exposed in Comley, Shropshire, 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 fossils.^[1] It represents around 10 million years of deposition, and was deposited from 519 to 501 million years ago.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Center of 'Orsten' Research and Exploration". http://www.core-orsten-research.de/22%20Current%20Activities%20Leicester.html. 
2. ^ Harvey, T. H. P.; Williams, M.; Condon, D. J.; Wilby, P. R.; Siveter, D. J.; Rushton, A. W. A.; Leng, M. J.; Gabbott, S. E. (2011). "A refined chronology for the Cambrian succession of southern Britain". Journal of the Geological Society 168 (3): 705–716. doi:10.1144/0016-76492010-031.  edit