Also known as locality 12 of Peach et al. 1907, p. 626
Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.5° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 58.5° N, 4.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Acodus deltatus - Oneotodus costatus conodont zone, Croisaphuill Formation (Durness Group), Tulean to Tulean (480.8 - 470.0 Ma)
• Dolomitic limestones near the base of the Croisaphuill Formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; dolomitic limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 188715: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 14.09.2017, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Allopiloceras bealachense Evans 2011
Cassinoceras wortheni Billings 1865
Augeoceras gracile Evans 2011 | |
Apocrinoceras sp. Teichert and Glenister 1954 | |
Gastropoda | |
Murchisonia (Hormotoma) gracillima Murchison 1859 snail
Murchisona (Hormotoma) artemesia Billings 1865 snail | |
Murchisona (Ectomaria) adelina, "Lophospira borealis" = Lophospira perangulata
Murchisona (Ectomaria) adelina Billings 1865 snail
"Lophospira borealis" = Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria beekmanensis" = Euconia etna
"Pleurotomaria beekmanensis" = Euconia etna Billings 1865 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria calcifera" = Ceratopea canadensis
"Pleurotomaria calcifera" = Ceratopea canadensis Billings 1865 snail | |
Rostroconchia | |
Euchasma blumenbachi Billings 1859 |