Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.3° N, 4.9° W: paleocoordinates 20.5° S, 28.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kiln Mudstone Member (Craighead Formation), Cheneyan (452.5 - 451.3 Ma)
• Candela & Harper (2014) say Early Katian.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: brown, green, yellow, calcareous mudstone and brown, green, yellow, calcareous siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
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 164950: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Craniata | |
"Craniops pararia" = Paracraniops pararius
"Craniops pararia" = Paracraniops pararius Williams 1962 | |
Lingulata | |
Pachyglossella sp. Cooper 1960
Glossella sp. Cooper 1956 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Paucicrura eximia Williams 1962 | |
Glyptorthis balclatchiensis Davidson 1883 | |
"Orthambonites playfairi" = Sulevorthis playfairi
"Orthambonites playfairi" = Sulevorthis playfairi Reed 1917 | |
Nicolella cf. strasburgensis Butts 1941 | |
Hesperorthis craigensis Reed 1917 | |
Rostricellula cf. lapworthi Davidson 1883 | |
Catazyga arcana Williams 1962 | |
"? Hyattidina sulcata" = Idiospira sulcata
"? Hyattidina sulcata" = Idiospira sulcata Williams 1962 | |
Camerella sp. Billings 1859 | |
Aulidospira trippi n. gen. n. sp.
Aulidospira trippi n. gen. n. sp. Williams 1962 | |
Strophomenata | |
Oxoplecia subborealis Davidson 1883 | |
"Microtrypa cassata" = Trigrammaria cassata
"Microtrypa cassata" = Trigrammaria cassata Williams 1962 | |
Leptaena sp., "Leptaena cf. ordovicica" = Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica, "Leptaena infrunita" = Leptaena (Leptaena) infrunita
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
"Leptaena cf. ordovicica" = Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica Cooper 1956
"Leptaena infrunita" = Leptaena (Leptaena) infrunita Williams 1962 | |
Mjoesina rugata Williams 1962 | |
"Eoplectodonta semirugata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata
"Eoplectodonta semirugata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata Reed 1917 Eoplectodonta semirugata plicata
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Anoptambonites grayae Davidson 1883 |