PBDB Collection

70 yards west of Pinmore station (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 29.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ardwell Farm Formation (Ardwell Group), Burrellian (456.6 - 452.5 Ma)

• Basal beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; siltstone and mudstone

• Greywackes

Size class: macrofossils

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 165047: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Protorthida - Skenidiidae	Skenidioides sp. Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Orthida - Orthidae	"Orthambonites aff. parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus, Orthambonites ardmillanensis "Orthambonites aff. parvicrassicostatus" = Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus Cooper 1956 Orthambonites ardmillanensis Reed 1917
Orthida - Glyptorthidae	Glyptorthis balclatchiensis Glyptorthis balclatchiensis Davidson 1883
Orthida - Hesperorthidae	Hesperorthis cf. australis Hesperorthis cf. australis Cooper 1956 Hesperorthis cf. australis exitis
Orthida - Phragmorthidae	Phragmorthis "sp. nov." Phragmorthis "sp. nov." Cooper 1956
Orthida - Dalmanellidae	Paucicrura sila, Dalmanella cheesemani Paucicrura sila Williams 1962 Dalmanella cheesemani Williams 1962
Atrypida - Septatrypidae	? Idiospira cuneatella ? Idiospira cuneatella Davidson 1883
Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae	Rostricellula ardmillanensis Rostricellula ardmillanensis Reed 1917
Rhynchonellida - Oligorhynchiidae	Oligorhynchia conybearei Oligorhynchia conybearei Reed 1917
Pentamerida - Parallelelasmatidae	"Metacamerella balclatchiensis" = Metacamarella balclatchiensis "Metacamerella balclatchiensis" = Metacamarella balclatchiensis Davidson 1883
Strophomenata
Orthotetida - Triplesiidae	Oxoplecia andersoni Oxoplecia andersoni Reed 1917
Strophomenida - Furcitellidae	? Dactylogonia multicorrugata ? Dactylogonia multicorrugata Reed 1917
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	"Leptaena cf. strandi" = Leptaena (Leptaena) strandi "Leptaena cf. strandi" = Leptaena (Leptaena) strandi Spjeldnaes 1957
Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae	"Glyptomena girvanensis" = Glyptomenoides girvanensis "Glyptomena girvanensis" = Glyptomenoides girvanensis Salmon 1942
Strophomenida - Bimuriidae	Bimuria youngiana, Craspedelia gabata Bimuria youngiana Davidson 1870 Bimuria youngiana recta Craspedelia gabata Williams 1962
Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae	"Eoplectodonta semirugata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata, Anisopleurella balclatchiensis, Ptychoglyptus irregularis "Eoplectodonta semirugata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata Reed 1917 Anisopleurella balclatchiensis Reed 1917 Ptychoglyptus irregularis Reed 1940
Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae	Anoptambonites sp. Anoptambonites sp. Williams 1962
Strophomenida - Leptellinidae	Leptellina llandeiloensis Leptellina llandeiloensis Davidson 1883
Strophomenida - Christianiidae	Christiania perrugata Christiania perrugata Reed 1945
Strophomenida - Leptestiidae	Bilobia etheridgei Bilobia etheridgei Davidson 1883 Bilobia etheridgei acuta
Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae	Sericoidea aff. abdita Sericoidea aff. abdita Whittington and Williams 1955
Craniata
Craniida - Craniidae	? Petrocrania "sp. 4" ? Petrocrania "sp. 4" Raymond 1910