Penwhapple Burn, 150 yards WNW of Penwhapple Bridge, 2½ miles NE of Barr (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 29.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Diplograptus multidens graptolite zone, Pumphouse Member (Balclatchie Formation), Burrellian (456.6 - 452.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; green mudstone

• Nodular and blocky, dark-greenish mudstones

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 165043: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella cheesemani Williams 1962
Paucicrura sila Williams 1962
"Cristiferina cristata" = Paucicrura cristata Cooper 1956
 Orthida - Phragmorthidae
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
"Orthambonites subplicatellus" = Dinorthis subplicatella
"Orthambonites subplicatellus" = Dinorthis subplicatella Reed 1917
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthambonites aff. parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus, Taphrorthis bellatrix
"Orthambonites aff. parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus Cooper 1956
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Sericoidea aff. abdita Whittington and Williams 1955
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Bimuria youngiana Davidson 1870
Bimuria youngiana recta
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
 Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
"Glyptomena girvanensis" = Glyptomenoides girvanensis Salmon 1942
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Strophomena deficiens" = Longvillia deficiens Reed 1917
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Cyphomena homostriata" = Dactylogonia homostriata Butts 1941
Cyphomena homostriata indiscissa
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina insidiosa Williams 1962
"Leptaena cf. strandi" = Leptaena (Leptaena) strandi Spjeldnaes 1957
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia subborealis Davidson 1883
Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
 Lingulida - Discinidae
 Lingulida - Obolidae
? Glossella "sp. 2" Cooper 1956
"? Obolus audax" = Apatobolus audax Reed 1917
Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
"Triarthrus reedi" = Porterfieldia caecigena
"Triarthrus reedi" = Porterfieldia caecigena Raymond 1920 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Diacanthaspis lalage Wyville Thomson 1857 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Raymondella macconochiei Nicholson and Etheridge 1879 trilobite
Salteria primaeva Wyville Thomson 1864 trilobite
"Ampyx hornei" = Anisonotus hornei Nicholson and Etheridge 1879 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Dionididae
Dionide sp. Barrande 1847 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Raymondinidae
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
"Remopleurides correctus" = Robergiella correcta, Remopleurides girvanensis, Remopleurides sp., "Robergia barrandei" = Robergia barrandii
"Remopleurides correctus" = Robergiella correcta Reed 1903 trilobite
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
"Robergia barrandei" = Robergia barrandii Nicholson and Etheridge 1879 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleuridae
 Lichida - Lichidae
Hemiarges antelucanus Tripp 1954 trilobite
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Bronteopsis concentrica Nicholson and Etheridge 1879 trilobite
Raymondaspis ardmillanensis Reed 1904 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
"Calliops hunteri" = Calyptaulax hunteri, "Calliops brongniarti" = Calyptaulax brongniartii
"Calliops hunteri" = Calyptaulax hunteri Reed 1914 trilobite
"Calliops brongniarti" = Calyptaulax brongniartii Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
"Cybele balclatchiensis" = Cybellela balclatchiensis Reed 1914 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Nieszkowskia unica" = Hammannopyge unica Thomson 1857 trilobite
 Proetida - Dimeropygidae
 Proetida - Telephinidae
Telephina salteri Reed 1914 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
""Proetus" jamesoni" = Decoroproetus jamesoni, ""Proetus" trefoilium" = Decoroproetus jamesoni, ""Proetus" vicinus" = Decoroproetus jamesoni, "Proetidella balclatchiensis" = Decoroproetus
""Proetus" jamesoni" = Decoroproetus jamesoni Reed 1914 trilobite
""Proetus" trefoilium" = Decoroproetus jamesoni Reed 1914 trilobite
""Proetus" vicinus" = Decoroproetus jamesoni Reed 1914 trilobite
"Proetidella balclatchiensis" = Decoroproetus trilobite
 Proetida - Rorringtoniidae
""Proetus" vetulus" = Rorringtonia vetula
""Proetus" vetulus" = Rorringtonia vetula Reed 1935 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion tumidus trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
"Selenoharpes youngi" = Scotoharpes, Hibbertia balclatchiensis
"Selenoharpes youngi" = Scotoharpes trilobite
Hibbertia balclatchiensis Whittington 1950 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
"Girvanagnostus girvanensis" = Arthrorhachis
"Girvanagnostus girvanensis" = Arthrorhachis