Law Quarry near Dalry: Brigantian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Biarmeaspira heidelbergerae n. sp.
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Karapunar et al. 2024 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Palaeozygopleuridae
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Zygopleura benniana n. sp.
Longstaff 1933
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Longstaff 1933 | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeozygopleura benniana | ||||||||||
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Zygopleura roscobiensis
Longstaff 1933
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Longstaff 1933 | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeozyga roscobiensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phymatopleuridae
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Tapinotomaria longstaffae n. sp.
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Karapunar et al. 2024 | |||||||||
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Borestus ? similis
(de Koninck 1883)
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Karapunar et al. 2024 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Neilsonia seussae n. sp.
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Karapunar et al. 2024 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithimorpha
- Orthonemidae
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Knightia irregularis
Longstaff 1933
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Longstaff 1933 | |||||||||
| recombined as Knightella irregularis | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia (Hypergonia) mcoyi
Donald 1895
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| recombined as Hypergonia mcoyi | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia (Hypergonia) deplanata
Donald 1895
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| recombined as Hypergonia deplanata | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia cincta
Donald 1895
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| recombined as Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) cincta | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia youngiana n. sp.
Donald 1895
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| recombined as Hypergonia youngiana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Zygopleura rugifera
(Phillips 1836)
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Longstaff 1933 | |||||||||
| recombined as Nodozyga rugifera | ||||||||||
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Nodozyga cylindracea n. sp.
(Longstaff 1933)
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Longstaff 1933 | |||||||||
| Zygopleura rugifera cylindracea | ||||||||||
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Microptychis pygmaea
Longstaff 1933
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Longstaff 1933 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Goniasmatidae
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Platyzona sp.
Knight 1945
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Karapunar et al. 2024 | |||||||||
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Stegocoelia (Stegocoelia) informal sp. A
Donald 1889
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Karapunar et al. 2024 | |||||||||
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Murchisonia (Stegocoelia) smithiana n. sp.
Donald 1895
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| recombined as Stegocoelia smithiana | ||||||||||
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Murchisonia (Stegocoelia) variabilis n. sp.
Donald 1895
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| recombined as Stegocoelia variabilis | ||||||||||
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Hippocardiidae
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Conocardium alatum
de Koninck 1885
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Hind 1900 | |||||||||
| recombined as Fraipontia alatum | ||||||||||
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Conocardiidae
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Conocardium rostratum
(Fleming 1828)
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Hind 1900 | |||||||||
| replaced by Conocardium elongatum | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Ayrshire |
| Coordinates: | 55.7° North, 4.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.2° South, 0.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Brigantian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 336.30000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Clackmannan | Formation: | Lower Limestone | Member: | Hurlet |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Looked up in modern references. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Law, Dalry | ||
| Database number: | 155580 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner, M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Wagner, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-04-18 16:18:43 | Last modified: | 2024-04-03 20:48:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-04-18 16:18:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15865. | J. G. Donald. 1895. The genus Murchisonia and its allies. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51(2):210-234 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 15993 | W. Hind. 1900. A monograph of the British Carboniferous Lamellibranchiata. Pt. 1 (5): Coelodontidae, Solenomyidae, Conocardiidae, Cardiidae. Palaeontographical Society (London) 54:448-548 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 88079 | B. Karapunar, J.A. Todd, and A. Nützel. 2024. Slit-bearing gastropods in the Jane Longstaff Collection at the Natural History Museum, London from the Visean (Carboniferous) of Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland. Journal of Paleontology [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss] | |
| 16157 | J. D. Longstaff. 1933. A revision of the British Carboniferous Loxonematidae, with descriptions of new forms. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 89(2):87-124 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |