Auchlewan (Ordovician to of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 30.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Stinchar Limestone Formation), Llandeilo to Llandeilo (461.1 - 456.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Ronald Pearson Tripp

Primary reference: R. P. Tripp. 1967. Trilobites from the Upper Stinchar Limestone (Ordovician) of the Girvan District, Ayrshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 67(3):43-93 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182195: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 13.10.2016

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Ceratocephala relativa n. sp. trilobite
Ceratocephala sexpares n. sp. trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides vulgaris n. sp. trilobite
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Dimeropyge labrosa n. sp. trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus rectus n. sp. trilobite
Illaenus transversus n. sp. trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
 Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas spp. Raymond 1905 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerocoryphe sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
Ceraurinella magnilobata n. sp. trilobite
Sphaerexochus filius n. sp. trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinuroides periops n. sp., "Encrinuroides polypleura n. sp." = Walencrinuroides polypleura
Encrinuroides periops n. sp. Tripp 1967 trilobite
"Encrinuroides polypleura n. sp." = Walencrinuroides polypleura Tripp 1967 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Calyptaulax georgei n. sp. trilobite