Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Reservoir Beds, Pentland Hills (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (56.0° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 15.0° S, 21.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Reservoir Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; mudstone and sandy siltstone

• "Waterston (1979) tentatively interprets this as a marginal marine setting. The described sedimentary features are compatible with, but not diagnostic of, a tidal flat setting. BA 1"
• "Alternating mudstone and sandy siltstone; groove casts and load casts; small cross laminae and convolute lamination in siltstone."

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26885: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 07.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Koremograptus sp.
Algae
 Algae -
Algae indet.
Algae indet.
calcareous algae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida -
Conulariida indet.
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896 jellyfish
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp.
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus sp.
Monograptus sp. graptolite
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Cephalopoda
  -
Cephalopoda indet.
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet.
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Glassiidae
Glassia sp.
Glassia sp. Davidson 1881
Lingulata
  -
Lingulata indet.
Lingulata indet. Gorjansky and Popov 1985
lingulids
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops sp.
Craniops sp. Hall 1859
Malacostraca
 Phyllocarida -
Phyllocarida indet.
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Hardieopteridae
Hardieopterus macrophthalmus
Hardieopterus macrophthalmus Laurie 1892 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Kokomopteridae
Lamontopterus knoxae
 Eurypterida - Stylonuridae
"Laurieopterus elegans" = Laurieipterus
"Laurieopterus elegans" = Laurieipterus eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Parastylonuridae
Parastylonurus hendersoni
 Eurypterida - Drepanopteridae
Drepanopterus pentlandicus
Drepanopterus pentlandicus Laurie 1892 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Slimonidae
Slimonia dubia
Slimonia dubia Laurie 1899 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
Nanahughmilleria conica
 Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae
Carcinosoma scoticum
 Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Eurypterus cephalaspis
Eurypterus cephalaspis Salter 1856 eurypterid
 Eurypterida -
"Eurypterus minor" = Pentlandopterus minor
"Eurypterus minor" = Pentlandopterus minor Laurie 1899 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Moselopteridae
"Drepanopterus bembycoides" = Stoermeropterus conicus
"Drepanopterus bembycoides" = Stoermeropterus conicus Laurie 1892 eurypterid
Scorpionida
 Scorpionida -
Scorpionida indet.
Scorpionida indet. scorpion
scorpion