Where: United Kingdom (58.5° N, 4.7° W: paleocoordinates 58.5° N, 4.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Salterella Grit Member (An t-Sron Formation), Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)
• Olenellus lapworthi indicates Bonnia-Olenellus zone, higher in Stage 4 (Rushton et al., 2011).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Collected by E. Yochelson; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: peel or thin section
Primary reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1983. Salterella (Early Cambrian; Agmata) from the Scottish Highlands. Journal of Paleontology 26:253-260 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176925: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Salterella maccullochi | |
Salterella maccullochi Murchison 1859 |