Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.8° S, 32.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Auchensoul Formation (Barr Group), Abereiddian (468.0 - 461.1 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: red mudstone and red limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267 [M. Patzkowsky/Z. Krug/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164926: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 04.01.2015
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Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
Glossella sp. Cooper 1956 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Porambonites sp. Pander 1830 | |
Skenidioides aff. costatus Cooper 1956 | |
Valcourea confinis Salter 1849 | |
"Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus
"Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus Cooper 1956 | |
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Strophomenata | |
Glyptomena trippi Williams 1962 | |
Dactylogonia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942 | |
"Leptellina semilunata" = Leptellina (Leptellina) semilunata
"Leptellina semilunata" = Leptellina (Leptellina) semilunata Williams 1962 | |
Bimuria cf. buttsi Cooper 1956 | |
Xenambonites cf. undosus Cooper 1956 | |
Christiania sulcata Williams 1962 |