PBDB Collection

Roadside quarry & due south on the south bank of Penwhapple Burn (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Balclatchie Mudstones, Penwhapple Glen; Balclatchie (trilobites); =Williams 1962 locality c4

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 29.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Climacograptus peltifer graptolite zone, Pumphouse Member (Balclatchie Formation), Sandbian (458.4 - 453.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; green mudstone

• Nodular and blocky, dark-greenish mudstones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Collected by R. P. Tripp

Primary reference: R. P. Tripp. 1980. Trilobites from the Ordovician Balclatchie and lower Ardwell groups of the Girvan district, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 71:123-145 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 208120: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 20.03.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae	Diacanthaspis hystrix, Diacanthaspis lalage, Miraspis sp. Diacanthaspis hystrix trilobite Diacanthaspis lalage Wyville Thomson 1857 trilobite Miraspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
Asaphida - Remopleurididae	Remopleurides girvanensis, Remopleurides epimera, Robergia barrandii, Robergiella correcta, Robergiella neteorum n. sp. Remopleurides girvanensis trilobite Remopleurides epimera Tripp 1980 trilobite Robergia barrandii Nicholson and Etheridge 1879 trilobite Robergiella correcta Reed 1903 trilobite Robergiella neteorum n. sp. Tripp 1980 trilobite [Robergia n. sp. neteorum]
Asaphida - Asaphidae	Asaphidae indet., Isotelus grayae, Isotelus instabilis Asaphidae indet. Burmeister 1843 trilobite Isotelus grayae trilobite Isotelus instabilis trilobite
Ptychopariida - Raymondinidae	Glaphurus radialis Glaphurus radialis trilobite
Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae	Ampyx incurvus, Salteria primaeva, "Ampyx hornei" = Anisonotus hornei, Ampyxina aff. powelli, Raymondella macconochiei, Lonchodomas macallumi Ampyx incurvus trilobite Salteria primaeva Wyville Thomson 1864 trilobite "Ampyx hornei" = Anisonotus hornei Nicholson and Etheridge 1879 trilobite Ampyxina aff. powelli Raymond 1920 trilobite Raymondella macconochiei Nicholson and Etheridge 1879 trilobite Lonchodomas macallumi trilobite [Lonchodomas macallami]
Proetida - Dimeropygidae	? Mesotaphraspis sola, Toernquistia translata, Toernquistia sp. ? Mesotaphraspis sola trilobite Toernquistia translata trilobite Toernquistia sp. Reed 1896 trilobite
Proetida - Telephinidae	Telephina salteri Telephina salteri Reed 1914 trilobite
Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae	Decoroproetus jamesoni Decoroproetus jamesoni Reed 1914 trilobite
Proetida - Rorringtoniidae	Rorringtonia vetula Rorringtonia vetula Reed 1935 trilobite
Proetida - Aulacopleuridae	"Otarion (Aulacopleura) reedi" = Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) reedi, Harpidella tumida, Harpidella sp. "Otarion (Aulacopleura) reedi" = Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) reedi Pribyl 1947 trilobite Harpidella tumida trilobite Harpidella sp. M'Coy 1849 trilobite
Harpetida - Harpetidae	Scotoharpes youngi, Hibbertia balclatchiensis Scotoharpes youngi Reed 1914 trilobite Hibbertia balclatchiensis Whittington 1950 trilobite
Olenida - Olenidae	Porterfieldia caecigena Porterfieldia caecigena Raymond 1920 trilobite
Corynexochida - Illaenidae	Stenopareia sp., Stenopareia balclatchiensis, Nanillaenus superstes, Illaenus exstans, Illaenus memorabilis, Illaenus peachi, Illaenus richardsoni Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite Stenopareia balclatchiensis Reed 1904 trilobite Nanillaenus superstes trilobite Illaenus exstans trilobite Illaenus memorabilis trilobite Illaenus peachi trilobite Illaenus richardsoni trilobite
Corynexochida - Styginidae	Bronteopsis concentrica, Raymondaspis ardmillanensis Bronteopsis concentrica Nicholson and Etheridge 1879 trilobite Raymondaspis ardmillanensis Reed 1904 trilobite
Lichida - Lichidae	Platylichas sp., Hemiarges antelucanus, Amphilichas ardmillanensis, Amphilichas transversus, Amphilichas sp., Amphilichas panoplos n. sp. Platylichas sp. Gürich 1901 trilobite Hemiarges antelucanus Tripp 1954 trilobite Amphilichas ardmillanensis trilobite Amphilichas transversus trilobite Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite Amphilichas panoplos n. sp. Tripp 1980 trilobite
Phacopida - Cheiruridae	Cheiruridae indet., Lehua sp., "Nieszkowskia unica" = Hammannopyge unica, Sphaerocoryphe pemphis, Sphaerexochus balclatchiensis Cheiruridae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite Lehua sp. Barton 1920 trilobite "Nieszkowskia unica" = Hammannopyge unica Thomson 1857 trilobite Sphaerocoryphe pemphis trilobite Sphaerexochus balclatchiensis trilobite
Phacopida - Encrinuridae	Encrinuroides contentus, Cybellela balclatchiensis, Atractopyge michelli Encrinuroides contentus trilobite Cybellela balclatchiensis Reed 1914 trilobite Atractopyge michelli trilobite
Phacopida - Pterygometopidae	Calyptaulax sp., Calyptaulax hunteri, Calyptaulax brongniartii Calyptaulax sp. Cooper 1930 trilobite Calyptaulax hunteri Reed 1914 trilobite Calyptaulax brongniartii Portlock 1843 trilobite
Artiopoda
Agnostida - Metagnostidae	Arthrorhachis girvanensis Arthrorhachis girvanensis