Craighead Quarry (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.3° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 20.8° S, 28.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kiln Mudstone Member (Craighead Formation), Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. P. Tripp

• Collection in Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University

Primary reference: R. P. Tripp. 1954. Caradocian trilobites from the mudstones at Craighead Quarry, near Girvan, Ayrshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 62(3):655-693 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188938: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 21.09.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Eobronteus sp., Stygina sp.
Eobronteus sp. Reed 1928 trilobite
Stygina sp. Salter 1853 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus convergens, Illaenus cf. transmotus, Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
? Proetidae indet., ? Cyphoproetus facetus n. sp.
? Proetidae indet. Salter 1864 trilobite
? Cyphoproetus facetus n. sp. Tripp 1954 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
"Otarion beggi n. sp." = Harpidella beggi, "Otarion isoplates n. sp." = Harpidella isoplates
"Otarion beggi n. sp." = Harpidella beggi Tripp 1954 trilobite
"Otarion isoplates n. sp." = Harpidella isoplates Tripp 1954 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp.
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene shirleyi n. sp.
Flexicalymene shirleyi n. sp. Tripp 1954 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
"Achatella consobrina n. sp." = Achatella (Achatella) consobrina, "Calliops brongniarti" = Calyptaulax brongniartii
"Achatella consobrina n. sp." = Achatella (Achatella) consobrina Tripp 1954 trilobite
"Calliops brongniarti" = Calyptaulax brongniartii Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
"Encrinurus praecursor n. sp." = Celtencrinurus praecursor, Atractopyge killochanensis n. sp., Cybeloides spinifera n. sp.
"Encrinurus praecursor n. sp." = Celtencrinurus praecursor Tripp 1954 trilobite
Atractopyge killochanensis n. sp. Tripp 1954 trilobite
Cybeloides spinifera n. sp. Tripp 1954 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Ceraurinus craigensis n. sp." = Xylabion craigensis, ? Nieszkowskia sp., Sphaerocoryphe psiles
"Ceraurinus craigensis n. sp." = Xylabion craigensis Tripp 1954 trilobite
? Nieszkowskia sp. Schmidt 1881 trilobite
Sphaerocoryphe psiles Tripp 1954 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
Hibbertia trippi
Hibbertia trippi Whittington 1950 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp.
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp.
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas cf. hibernicus, Amphilichas sp., Amphilichas declivis n. sp., Amphilichas planus n. sp., Hemiarges antelucanus n. sp., Hemiarges angustifrons n. sp., Platylichas sp.
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite
Amphilichas declivis n. sp. Tripp 1954 trilobite
Amphilichas planus n. sp. Tripp 1954 trilobite
Hemiarges antelucanus n. sp. Tripp 1954 trilobite
Hemiarges angustifrons n. sp. Tripp 1954 trilobite
Platylichas sp. Gürich 1901 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
? Diacanthaspis biaculeatus n. sp.