North Esk, Wether Law Linn unit C (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.8° N, 3.4° W: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 20.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cyrtograptus insectus graptolite zone, unit C Member (Wether Law Linn Formation), Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• Lamb Rig Siltstone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; coarse-grained, brown siltstone

• Lithology from Tipper 1976

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. N. K. Clarkson, N. Eldredge, and J.-L. Henry. 1977. Some Phacopina (Trilobita) from the Silurian of Scotland. Palaeontology 20(1):119-142 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 170694: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 26.06.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Acernaspis (Eskaspis) sufferta
Acernaspis (Eskaspis) sufferta Lamont 1947 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp.
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Youngia sp.
Youngia sp. Lindström 1885 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp.
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
Scotoharpes sp.
Scotoharpes sp. Lamont 1948 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp.
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus latifrons, "Cyphoproetus depressus" = Cyphoproetus depressa
Proetus latifrons M'Coy 1846 trilobite
"Cyphoproetus depressus" = Cyphoproetus depressa Barrande 1846 trilobite