Also known as Exposed in the bank of the pathway leading from the old limekiln to the quarry excavated in Stinchar Limestone, the River Stinchar and about 1½ miles north-east of Pinmore bridge (confinis Flags, Minuntion).
Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 30.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hustedograptus teretiusculus graptolite zone, Confinis Formation (Barr Group), Llandeilo (461.1 - 458.4 Ma)
• Was Abereiddian; however, Fortey et al. (2000) put the Confinis formation in the Hustedograptus teretiusculus zone.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: brown, calcareous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
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 164928: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 05.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Skenidioides aff. costatus Cooper 1956 | |
Valcourea confinis Salter 1849
Multicostella aff. plena Cooper 1956 | |
Cyrtonotella subfissicosta Reed 1917 | |
"Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus
"Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus Cooper 1956 | |
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Phragmorthis buttsi Cooper 1956 | |
Paurorthis aff. fasciculata Cooper 1956 | |
Laticrura pionodema Cooper 1956 | |
"Protozyga rotunda" = Manespira rotunda
"Protozyga rotunda" = Manespira rotunda Cooper 1956 | |
Rostricellula sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942 | |
Porambonites sp. Pander 1830 | |
Parastrophina anceps Reed 1944 | |
Strophomenata | |
Gacella ponderosa Williams 1962 | |
Triplesia craigensis Reed 1917 | |
Dactylogonia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942 | |
"Macrocoelia macallumi" = Colaptomena macallumi
"Macrocoelia macallumi" = Colaptomena macallumi Reed 1917 | |
Bimuria cf. buttsi Cooper 1956 | |
Ptychoglyptus cf. virginiensis Willard 1928 | |
"Leptellina semilunata" = Leptellina (Leptellina) semilunata, Palaeostrophomena aff. angulata
"Leptellina semilunata" = Leptellina (Leptellina) semilunata Williams 1962
Palaeostrophomena aff. angulata Cooper 1956 | |
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Lingulata | |
"Schizambon cuneatum" = Multispinula cuneata
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