Burn north of dam, 300 yards SWS of Trochrague, 2 miles NE of Girvan: Cheneyan, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus praecursor Tripp 1954
Tripp 1957
recombined as Celtencrinurus praecursor
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites playfairi (Reed 1917)
recombined as Sulevorthis playfairi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis balclatchiensis (Davidson 1883)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis craigensis (Reed 1917)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura eximia Williams 1962
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae
Laticrura sp. Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Pionodema girvanensis (Davidson 1868)
recombined as Pionodema girvaniensis
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga arcana Williams 1962
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Oligorhynchiidae
Oligorhynchia sp. Cooper 1956
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia andersoni (Reed 1917)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta semirugata (Reed 1917)
recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata
Eoplectodonta semirugata plicata
Anisopleurella sp. Cooper 1956
Xenambonites cf. revelatus Williams 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites grayae (Davidson 1883)
Craniata - Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Obolellina aff. dixonensis Cooper 1956
recombined as Eodinobolus dixonensis
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Pachyglossa sp. Cooper 1956
    = Pachyglossella sp. Cooper 1960
Candela and Harper 2014
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Schizotreta medioradiata (Reed 1917)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland County:Ayrshire
Coordinates: 55.3° North, 4.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.5° South, 28.4° 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:coarse calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Greywacke
Environment:coastal 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:164953
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-01-08 13:45:03 Last modified:2015-01-08 13:59:03
Access level:the public Released:2015-01-08 13:45:03
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]
55821 R. P. Tripp. 1957. The trilobite Encrinurus multisegmentatus (Portlock) and allied Middle and Upper Ordovician species. Palaeontology 1(1):60-72 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]