Power-house near limekiln, main quarries south, 180 yards west of Craighead Farm: Cheneyan, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Glossella sp. Cooper 1956
Pachyglossa sp. Cooper 1956
    = Pachyglossella sp. Cooper 1960
Candela and Harper 2014
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops pararia Williams 1962
recombined as Paracraniops pararius
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Camerella sp. Billings 1859
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula cf. lapworthi (Davidson 1883)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga arcana Williams 1962
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae
? Hyattidina sulcata Williams 1962
recombined as Idiospira sulcata
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristidae
Aulidospira trippi n. gen., n. sp. Williams 1962
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis balclatchiensis (Davidson 1883)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites playfairi (Reed 1917)
recombined as Sulevorthis playfairi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis craigensis (Reed 1917)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella cf. strasburgensis Butts 1941
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura eximia Williams 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Leptaena cf. ordovicica Cooper 1956
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica
Leptaena infrunita Williams 1962
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) infrunita
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Microtrypa cassata Williams 1962
recombined as Trigrammaria cassata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Mjoesina rugata Williams 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites grayae (Davidson 1883)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta semirugata (Reed 1917)
recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata
Eoplectodonta semirugata plicata
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia subborealis (Davidson 1883)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland County:Ayrshire
Coordinates: 55.3° North, 4.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.5° South, 28.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Cheneyan
Age range of interval:452.70000 - 451.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ardwell Formation:Craighead Member:Kiln Mudstone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Candela & Harper (2014) say Early Katian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,green,yellow calcareous mudstone
Secondary lithology:brown,green,yellow calcareous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Yellow-, brown- and green-weathering calcareous mudstones and siltstones with rare limestone nodules
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Database number:164950
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-01-07 19:28:03 Last modified:2015-01-07 19:41:53
Access level:the public Released:2015-01-07 19:28:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12463. A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

52470 Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper. 2014. Synoptic revision of the Ordovician brachiopods of the Barr and Lower Ardmillan groups of the Girvan area, Scotland. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 105(1):61-69 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]