Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 29.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Diplograptus multidens graptolite zone, Pumphouse Member (Balclatchie Formation), Burrellian (456.6 - 452.5 Ma)

• Updated stratigraphy from Stewart (2011).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1945. Notes on some Ordovician brachiopods and a trilobite from the Balclatchie Beds of Girvan. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany and Geology, 11th serie 12(89):309-316 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78001: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.01.2008, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Bimuria perrugata n. sp.
Bimuria perrugata n. sp. Reed 1945
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Ptychoglyptus pauciradiatus
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Plectambonites praeteritus n. sp.
Plectambonites praeteritus n. sp. Reed 1945
 Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
"Playfairia girvanensis n. sp." = Glyptomenoides girvanensis
"Playfairia girvanensis n. sp." = Glyptomenoides girvanensis Salmon 1942
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Actinomena brumalis
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Orthis (Glyptorthis) biornata n. sp." = Ptychopleurella lapworthi
"Orthis (Glyptorthis) biornata n. sp." = Ptychopleurella lapworthi Davidson 1883
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Sinuitopsis congruens n. sp.4
Sinuitopsis congruens n. sp.4 Reed 1921
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Pterotheca girvanensis4, Pterotheca simplex n. sp.4, Carinaropsis gracilis4
Pterotheca girvanensis4 Reed 1909 snail
Pterotheca simplex n. sp.4 Reed 1909 snail
Carinaropsis gracilis4 Reed 1921 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
"Sinuites balclatchiensis n. sp." = Strangulites balclatchiensis4, "Sinuites sphaeroidalis n. sp." = Strangulites sphaeroidalis4, Sinuites discoides n. sp.4
"Sinuites balclatchiensis n. sp." = Strangulites balclatchiensis4 Reed 1921 snail
"Sinuites sphaeroidalis n. sp." = Strangulites sphaeroidalis4 Reed 1921 snail
Sinuites discoides n. sp.4 Reed 1921 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"? Zonidiscus transiens" = Joleaudella transiens4
"? Zonidiscus transiens" = Joleaudella transiens4 Reed 1921 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Tetranota carrickensis4
Tetranota carrickensis4 Reed 1921 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
"Catazone striatula n. sp." = Hormotoma striatula2, ? Plethospira caledoniensis n. sp.2
"Catazone striatula n. sp." = Hormotoma striatula2 Longstaff 1924 snail
? Plethospira caledoniensis n. sp.2 Longstaff 1924 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira obliquestriata n. sp." = Lophospira perangulata2
"Lophospira obliquestriata n. sp." = Lophospira perangulata2 Hall 1847 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"? Hormotoma nitida n. sp." = Loxonema nitida2
"? Hormotoma nitida n. sp." = Loxonema nitida2 Longstaff 1924 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira equilis n. sp.2
Liospira equilis n. sp.2 Longstaff 1924 snail
 Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
"? Omospira depressa n. sp." = Scalites depressa2
"? Omospira depressa n. sp." = Scalites depressa2 Longstaff 1924 snail
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
? Eccyliomphalus macromphalus3, Eccyliomphalus balclatchiensis n. sp.2
Eccyliomphalus balclatchiensis n. sp.2 Longstaff 1924 snail
 Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Boucotspira ordovicus5
Boucotspira ordovicus5 Longstaff 1924 snail
Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Clisospiridae
"Clisospira balclatchiensis n. sp." = Mimospira balclatchiensis2
"Clisospira balclatchiensis n. sp." = Mimospira balclatchiensis2 Longstaff 1924
Rostroconchia
 Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae
Pinnocaris lapworthi n. sp.1
Pinnocaris lapworthi n. sp.1 Etheridge 1878
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops (Calliops) jukesi
Phacops (Calliops) jukesi trilobite
var. vicina
1Etheridge 1878; 2Longstaff 1924; 3M'Coy 1851; 4Reed 1921; 5Stewart 2011