Gorse Member: Aurelucian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hibbertia wittingtoni
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Hemiarges sp. Gürich 1901
Amphilichas priscus
Amphilichas spp.
Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Harpidella sp. M'Coy 1849
Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Mesotaphraspis sp. Whittington and Evitt 1953
Dimeropyge hystrix
Toernquistia sp. Reed 1896
Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
Telephina girvanensis
Phorocephala pelagia (Tripp 1965)
Trilobita - Proetida - Scharyiidae
Scharyia sp. Pribyl 1946
Questionably assigned to genus
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Ceratocephala sp. Warder 1838
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Robergiella sp. Whittington 1959
Remopleurides spp.
Remopleurides bertilloni Tripp 1976
Hypodicranotus sp. Whittington 1952
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Nileus teres
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp. (Dalman 1827)
original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx)
Lonchodomas pernix
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Raymondaspis reedi
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
Bumastoides scoticus
Questionably assigned to genus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Calyptaulax sp. Cooper 1930
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerella sp. Reed 1941
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinuroides sp. Reed 1931
Encrinuroides obesus Tripp 1965
Quinquecosta williamsi
Stiktocybele bathytera n. gen., n. sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerexochus cf. arcuatus
Sphaerocoryphe sp. Angelin 1854
Hadromeros sp. Lane 1971
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Arthrorhachis doulargensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland
Coordinates: 55.2° North, 4.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.2° South, 30.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Sandbian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
Key time interval:Aurelucian Graptolite zone: Nemagraptus gracilis
Age range of interval:458.40000 - 456.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Doularg Member:Gorse
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified mudstone
Lithology description: poorly bedded...small impure limestone nodules are largely decalcified
Environment:platform/shelf-margin reef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:181539
Authorizer:M. Hopkins Enterer:M. Hopkins
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-09-15 12:52:39 Last modified:2018-03-21 19:50:52
Access level:the public Released:2016-09-15 12:52:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
60365. J. K. Ingham and R. P. Tripp. 1991. The trilobite fauna of the Middle Ordovician Doularg Formation of the Girvan district, Scotland, and its palaeoenvironmental significance. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 82:27-54 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]