The faunal stratigraphy of the Kirkby Moor Flags of the type area near Kendal,Westmorland

The rocks generally referred to the Kirkby Moor Flags have been mapped in the Kendal area, roughly bounded by Underbarrow, Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale. The succession is divided into four units: the Lower Underbarrow Flags, the Upper Underbarrow Flags, the Kirkby Moor Flags and the Scout Hill Flags. These represent a redefined succession derived from what had been lumped together as ‘Kirkby Moor Flags’. These units correlate with the Upper Leintwardinian, the Whitcliffian and the Downtonian of the Welsh Borderland. Proof that rocks of Downtonian age occur is demonstrated in an unbroken succession of uniform lithology. Ostracodes form an invaluable part of the fauna in both subdivision and correlation of the succession. The fauna of the Kirkby Moor Flags and the Scout Hill Flags can be classified into assemblage groups which possibly represent communities of species.