Power-house near limekiln, main quarries south, 180 yards west of Craighead Farm (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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 (455.8 - 452.0 Ma)

• Candela & Harper (2014) say Early Katian.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: brown, green, yellow, calcareous mudstone and brown, green, yellow, calcareous siltstone

• Yellow-, brown- and green-weathering calcareous mudstones and siltstones with rare limestone nodules

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

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia subborealis Davidson 1883
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Eoplectodonta semirugata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata
"Eoplectodonta semirugata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata Reed 1917
Eoplectodonta semirugata plicata
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites grayae Davidson 1883
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Microtrypa cassata" = Trigrammaria cassata
"Microtrypa cassata" = Trigrammaria cassata Williams 1962
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp., "Leptaena infrunita" = Leptaena (Leptaena) infrunita, "Leptaena cf. ordovicica" = Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
"Leptaena infrunita" = Leptaena (Leptaena) infrunita Williams 1962
"Leptaena cf. ordovicica" = Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Mjoesina rugata Williams 1962
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthambonites playfairi" = Sulevorthis playfairi
"Orthambonites playfairi" = Sulevorthis playfairi Reed 1917
 Orthida - Productorthidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura eximia Williams 1962
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
"? Hyattidina sulcata" = Idiospira sulcata
"? Hyattidina sulcata" = Idiospira sulcata Williams 1962
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga arcana Williams 1962
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Camerella sp. Billings 1859
 Athyridida - Meristidae
Aulidospira trippi n. gen. n. sp.
Aulidospira trippi n. gen. n. sp. Williams 1962
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
"Craniops pararia" = Paracraniops pararius
"Craniops pararia" = Paracraniops pararius Williams 1962
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Glossella sp. Cooper 1956
Pachyglossella sp. Cooper 1960