Also known as locality 3 of Peach et al. 1907, p.626
Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.6° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 58.6° N, 4.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Macerodus dianae conodont zone, Sangomore Formation (Durness Group), Stairsian (485.4 - 478.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, stromatolitic, shelly/skeletal, thrombolitic carbonate and wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• Sclerite
Preservation: original aragonite
Primary reference: D.H. Evans. 2011. The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 165:1-131 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 188684: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 13.09.2017, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Dyscritoceras sp. Ulrich and Foerste 1936 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotomaria thule" = Euconia etna
"Pleurotomaria thule" = Euconia etna Billings 1865 snail | |
"Oriostoma (Pleurotomaria) calphurnia" = Lophonema calphurnia
"Oriostoma (Pleurotomaria) calphurnia" = Lophonema calphurnia Billings 1865 snail |