Law Quarry near Dalry (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Law, Dalry

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.6° N, 4.6° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 1.8° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hurlet Member (Lower Limestone Formation), Brigantian (336.0 - 326.4 Ma)

• Looked up in modern references.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. G. Donald. 1895. The genus Murchisonia and its allies. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51(2):210-234 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155580: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.04.2014

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
"Zygopleura benniana n. sp." = Palaeozygopleura benniana2, "Zygopleura roscobiensis" = Palaeozyga roscobiensis2
"Zygopleura benniana n. sp." = Palaeozygopleura benniana2 Longstaff 1933 snail
"Zygopleura roscobiensis" = Palaeozyga roscobiensis2 Longstaff 1933 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
"Zygopleura rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera2, Nodozyga cylindracea n. sp.2, Microptychis pygmaea2
"Zygopleura rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera2 Phillips 1836 snail
Nodozyga cylindracea n. sp.2 Longstaff 1933 snail
Zygopleura rugifera cylindracea
Microptychis pygmaea2 Longstaff 1933 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
"Murchisonia (Stegocoelia) smithiana n. sp." = Stegocoelia smithiana, "Murchisonia (Stegocoelia) variabilis n. sp." = Stegocoelia variabilis
"Murchisonia (Stegocoelia) smithiana n. sp." = Stegocoelia smithiana Donald 1895 snail
"Murchisonia (Stegocoelia) variabilis n. sp." = Stegocoelia variabilis Donald 1895 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Knightia irregularis" = Knightella irregularis2, "Murchisonia (Hypergonia) deplanata" = Hypergonia deplanata, "Murchisonia (Hypergonia) mcoyi" = Hypergonia mcoyi, "Murchisonia youngiana n. sp." = Hypergonia youngiana, "Murchisonia cincta" = Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) cincta
"Knightia irregularis" = Knightella irregularis2 Longstaff 1933 snail
"Murchisonia (Hypergonia) deplanata" = Hypergonia deplanata Donald 1895 snail
"Murchisonia (Hypergonia) mcoyi" = Hypergonia mcoyi Donald 1895 snail
"Murchisonia youngiana n. sp." = Hypergonia youngiana Donald 1895 snail
"Murchisonia cincta" = Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) cincta Donald 1895 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
"Conocardium alatum" = Fraipontia alatum1
"Conocardium alatum" = Fraipontia alatum1 de Koninck 1885
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
"Conocardium rostratum" = Conocardium elongatum1
"Conocardium rostratum" = Conocardium elongatum1 Sowerby 1815