Dow Hill, 650 yards south of Glendoune Farm, Girvan: Burrellian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Bimuriidae
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Bimuria youngiana
(Davidson 1870)
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| recombined as Plectambonites youngiana | ||||||||||
| Bimuria youngiana recta | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Aegiromenidae
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Sericoidea aff. abdita
Whittington and Williams 1955
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Christianiidae
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Christiania perrugata
(Reed 1945)
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| original and current combination Bimuria perrugata | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptellinidae
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Leptellina llandeiloensis
(Davidson 1883)
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| recombined as Leptellina (Leptellina) llandeiloensis | ||||||||||
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Titanambonites incertus
Williams 1962
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Ptychoglyptus cf. valdari
Spjeldnaes 1957
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= Ptychoglyptus irregularis
Reed 1940
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Candela and Harper 2014 | |||||||||
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Eoplectodonta semirugata
(Reed 1917)
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| recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Furcitellidae
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Cyphomena homostriata
(Butts 1941)
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| recombined as Dactylogonia homostriata | ||||||||||
| Cyphomena homostriata indiscissa | ||||||||||
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? Dactylogonia multicorrugata
(Reed 1917)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Glyptomenidae
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Glyptomena girvanensis
(Salmon 1942)
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| recombined as Glyptomenoides girvanensis | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Triplesiidae
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Oxoplecia subborealis
(Davidson 1883)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Glyptorthidae
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Glyptorthis balclatchiensis
(Davidson 1883)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Orthidae
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Orthambonites aff. parvicrassicostatus
Cooper 1956
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| recombined as Sulevorthis parvicrassicostatus | ||||||||||
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Taphrorthis bellatrix
(Reed 1917)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Archaeorthidae
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Cyrtonotella nicholsoni
(Reed 1917)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Cristiferina cristata
Cooper 1956
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| recombined as Paucicrura cristata | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Septatrypidae
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? Cyclospira cf. longa
Cooper 1956
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| recombined as Idiospira longa | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Protorthida
- Skenidiidae
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Skenidioides sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Rostricellula ardmillanensis
(Reed 1917)
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| original and current combination Rhynchotreta ardmillanensis | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Glossella pulcherrima
(Reed 1917)
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Pseudolingulidae
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Pseudolingula pseudoquadrata
(Reed 1917)
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Trematidae
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? Trematis melliflua
Reed 1917
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Schizotreta medioradiata
(Reed 1917)
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Lingulata
- Acrotretida
- Acrotretidae
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Conotreta davidsoni
(Reed 1917)
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Philhedra playfairi
Reed 1917
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Ayrshire |
| Coordinates: | 55.3° North, 4.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.4° South, 29.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Burrellian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 456.80000 - 452.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ardmillan | Formation: | Balclatchie | Member: | Pumphouse |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,blue mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Dark blue-grey nodular mudstones | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 165038 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-09 23:43:21 | Last modified: | 2015-01-10 11:16:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-09 23:43:21 |
| 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] |