Aldons (Ordovician to of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 7.2° S, 79.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 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 182196: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 13.10.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas variabile n. sp.
Lonchodomas variabile n. sp. trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Hypodicranotus sp., Remopleurides vulgaris n. sp., Remopleurides sp.
Hypodicranotus sp. Whittington 1952 trilobite
Remopleurides vulgaris n. sp. trilobite
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
"Encrinuroides polypleura n. sp." = Walencrinuroides polypleura, Alwynulus peregrinus n. gen. n. sp.
"Encrinuroides polypleura n. sp." = Walencrinuroides polypleura Tripp 1967 trilobite
Alwynulus peregrinus n. gen. n. sp. trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurus proicens n. sp., Sphaerocoryphe akimbo n. sp., Acanthoparypha sp., Ceraurinella magnilobata n. sp., Sphaerexochus filius n. sp., Sphaerexochus sp.
Ceraurus proicens n. sp. trilobite
Sphaerocoryphe akimbo n. sp. trilobite
Acanthoparypha sp. Whittington and Evitt 1953 trilobite
Ceraurinella magnilobata n. sp. trilobite
Sphaerexochus filius n. sp. trilobite
Sphaerexochus sp. Beyrich 1845 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerella craigensis
 Phacopida - Pharostomatidae
Thulincola barbarus
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Ceratocephala relativa n. sp., Ceratocephala sexpares n. sp.
Ceratocephala relativa n. sp. trilobite
Ceratocephala sexpares n. sp. trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastoides sp.
Bumastoides sp. Whittington 1954 trilobite
 Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Dimeropyge labrosa n. sp.
Dimeropyge labrosa n. sp. trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
"Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus
"Proetidella sp." = Decoroproetus Pribyl 1946 trilobite
 Proetida - Telephinidae
"Carrickia pelagia" = Phorocephala pelagia
"Carrickia pelagia" = Phorocephala pelagia Tripp 1965 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas sp., Hemiarges sp., Hemiarges insolitus n. sp.
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite
Hemiarges sp. Gürich 1901 trilobite
Hemiarges insolitus n. sp. Tripp 1967 trilobite