Killey Bridge, locality 4a (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (54.6° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 27.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Killey Bridge Formation, Cautleyan (449.2 - 448.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone and sandstone

• "Rottenstone band: 2 cm thick grey brown siltstone bands of concentrated fossil remains"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: W. I. Mitchell. 1977. The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone. The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130(545):1-138 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163263: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 18.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
"Lingulella brevis" = Palaeoglossa attenuata, Glossella sp.
"Lingulella brevis" = Palaeoglossa attenuata Sowerby 1839
Glossella sp. Cooper 1956
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
"Paracraniops cf. pararia" = Paracraniops pararius
"Paracraniops cf. pararia" = Paracraniops pararius Williams 1962
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema cf. plicatum Cooper and Kindle 1936
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Atrypida - Cyclospiridae
"Protozyga cf. perplexa" = Cyclospira perplexa, Cyclospira nana
"Protozyga cf. perplexa" = Cyclospira perplexa Williams 1962
Cyclospira nana Davidson 1869
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Plaesiomys porcata M'Coy 1846
Plaesiomys porcata lata
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthambonites humilidorsatus" = Sulevorthis humilidorsatus
"Orthambonites humilidorsatus" = Sulevorthis humilidorsatus Wright 1964
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Scaphorthis sp. Cooper 1956
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Schizophorella fallax Salter 1846
Schizophorella fallax fallax
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850
Dicoelosia simulata Mitchell 1977
 Orthida - Tyronellidae
Tyronella killeyensis Mitchell 1977
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Eremotrema sp. Cooper 1956
Dalmanella testudinaria Dalman 1828
Dalmanella testudinaria transversa
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena cancellata Portlock 1843
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhactomena splendens Mitchell 1977
"Leptaena minuta" = Ludfordina minuta Kiaer 1926
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Glyptomeninae indet. Williams 1965
Pomeromena transversa Mitchell 1977
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Trimurellina superba Mitchell 1977
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Chonetoidea radiatula Barrande 1879
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Leangella discuneata" = Diambonia discuneata Lamont 1935
Leptestiina aff. oepiki Whittington 1938
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania portlocki Mitchell 1977
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Onychotreta sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
"Epacroplecia sp." = Craigella
 Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae
Kullervo sp. Opik 1932