Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.3° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° S, 27.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Paraorthograptus pacificus graptolite zone, Farden Member (South Threave Formation), Rawtheyan (455.8 - 445.6 Ma)

• Starfish Beds; anceps zone, Paraorthograptus pacificus subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. M. Malinky. 2003. Ordovician and Silurian hyoliths and gastropods reassigned from the Hyolitha from the Girvan District, Scotland. Journal of Paleontology 77(4):625-645 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73134: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 04.06.2007, edited by Loic Villier

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
 Cyrtonellida - Carcassonnellidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Loxonema (Rhabdostropha) primitiva" = Rhabdostropha primitiva9
"Loxonema (Rhabdostropha) primitiva" = Rhabdostropha primitiva9 Longstaff 1924 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
"? Turritoma pinguis n. sp." = Hormotoma polita5, "Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha) robusta" = Hormotoma robusta5
"? Turritoma pinguis n. sp." = Hormotoma polita5 Donald 1902 snail
"Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha) robusta" = Hormotoma robusta5 Donald 1902 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Omospira orientalis n. sp." = Ectomaria orientalis4, "Lophospira thraivensis n. sp." = Arjamannia thraivensis9, ? Lophospira trispiralis n. sp.4, "Lophospira instabilis" = Ruedemannia instabilis4
"Omospira orientalis n. sp." = Ectomaria orientalis4 Donald 1906 snail
"Lophospira thraivensis n. sp." = Arjamannia thraivensis9 Longstaff 1924 snail
? Lophospira trispiralis n. sp.4 Donald 1906 snail
"Lophospira instabilis" = Ruedemannia instabilis4 Donald 1906 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Eotomaria convexa n. sp." = Cataschisma convexa9
"Eotomaria convexa n. sp." = Cataschisma convexa9 Longstaff 1924 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Bembexia globosa n. sp." = Palaeoschisma globosa9, "Eotomaria thraivensis n. sp." = Palaeoschisma thraivensis9
"Bembexia globosa n. sp." = Palaeoschisma globosa9 Longstaff 1924 snail
"Eotomaria thraivensis n. sp." = Palaeoschisma thraivensis9 Longstaff 1924 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bucaniopsis nicoli n. sp." = Bucanopsis nicoli11, Cymbularia drummuckensis n. sp.11
"Bucaniopsis nicoli n. sp." = Bucanopsis nicoli11 Reed 1921 snail
Cymbularia drummuckensis n. sp.11 Reed 1921 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites subrectangularis11 Reed 1921 snail
 Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Pterotheca drummuckensis n. sp.13 Reed 1909 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Conradella fimbriata" = Phragmolites fimbriata11, Kokenospira girvanensis n. sp.11, "Salpingostoma asteroideum n. sp." = Grandostoma grande11
"Conradella fimbriata" = Phragmolites fimbriata11 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Kokenospira girvanensis n. sp.11 Reed 1921 snail
"Salpingostoma asteroideum n. sp." = Grandostoma grande11 Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Zonidiscus grayi11 Reed 1921 snail
 Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
"Euomphalopterus ordovicus" = Boucotspira ordovicus9
"Euomphalopterus ordovicus" = Boucotspira ordovicus9 Longstaff 1924 snail
Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Clisospiridae
Clisospira reticulata9 Longstaff 1924
Rostroconchia
 Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae
Pinnocaris curvata n. sp.12 Reed 1907
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Pauxillitidae
"Hyolithes subcrispatus" = Recilites subcrispatus
"Hyolithes subcrispatus" = Recilites subcrispatus Reed 1909
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
 Orthothecida -
"Hyolithes (Orthotheca) thraivensis" = Girvanolithes thraivensis, "Hyolithes (Orthotheca) granuliferus" = Girvanolithes thraivensis
"Hyolithes (Orthotheca) thraivensis" = Girvanolithes thraivensis Reed 1909
"Hyolithes (Orthotheca) granuliferus" = Girvanolithes thraivensis Reed 1909
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Cheirurus (Cyrtometopus) octolobatus" = Pseudosphaerexochus octolobatus10
"Cheirurus (Cyrtometopus) octolobatus" = Pseudosphaerexochus octolobatus10 M'Coy 1849 trilobite
Stylophora
 Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae
Cothurnocystis elizae6 Bather 1913
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Patelliocrinidae
 Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
 Porocrinida -
 Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae
 Disparida -
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Soluta
 Dendrocystitida - Dendrocystitidae
 Rhombifera - Cheirocrinidae
Cheirocrinus constrictus n. sp.1 Bather 1913
 Rhombifera - Pleurocystitidae
"Pleurocystis quadrata n. sp." = Pygecystis quadrata1, Pygecystis procera6, Pleurocystites foriolus6
"Pleurocystis quadrata n. sp." = Pygecystis quadrata1 Bather 1913
Pygecystis procera6 Bather 1913
Edrioasteroidea
  - Pyrgocystidae
Echinoidea
 Perischoechinoidea - Lepidocentridae
Aulechinus grayae6 sea urchin
 Bothriocidaroida -
Ophiuroidea
  - Encrinasteridae
Encrinaster grayae6 Spencer 1914 brittle star
Euzonosoma orbitoides6 Spencer 1930 brittle star
Stenuroidea
 Proturina - Rhopalocomidae
Tribulosaster grayae3 Dean Shackleton 2005
Asteroidea
 Hadrosida - Urasterellidae
Urasterella thraivensis6 Spencer 1918 sea star
 Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae
Mesopalaeaster primus6 Spencer 1916 sea star
 Euaxosida - Cnemidactinidae
Cnemidactis girvanensis6 Schuchert 1914 sea star
 Asterozoa - Phragmactinidae
Phragmactis grayae2 Spencer 1940
Cyclocystoidea
  - Cyclocystoididae
 Life -