Mulloch Hill, Ayrshire [Mulloch Hill Sandstone] (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 16.1° S, 23.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Mulloch Hill Formation (Mulloch Hill Group), Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Mulloch Hill Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: "lower Llandovery" in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Assumed to be sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as specimen is an internal mold.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Gray; reposited in the BMNH

• COLLECTOR: "Gray"?. REPOSITORY: BMNH.

Primary reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1997. The early phylogeny of the Class Bivalvia. Palaeontology 40(3):713-746 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123138: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alytodonta gibbosa n. sp. Cope 1997 clam