Girvan, Knockgardner Fm. (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.9° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° S, 18.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Knockgardner Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: basinal (); siliciclastic sediments

• Trilobites found in turbidite beds

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 170696: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 26.06.2015

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Taxonomic list

• Trilobites found with brachiopod fauna
Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
"Hemiarges rolfei" = Richterarges rolfei
"Hemiarges rolfei" = Richterarges rolfei Lamont 1965 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Podowrinella straitonensis Lamont 1965 trilobite