An Garbh-eilean: Tulean - Blackhillsian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Tropidodiscidae
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Bellerophon (Cyrtolites) palinurus
Billings 1865
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
| recombined as Eobucania palinurus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Raphistomatidae
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Pleurotomaria laurentina
Billings 1859
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
| recombined as Ceratopea laurentina | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Holopeidae
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Holopea leiosoma
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Sinuopeidae
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Pleurotomaria etna
Billings 1865
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
| recombined as Euconia etna | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria ramsayi
(Billings 1859)
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
| synonym of Euconia etna | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria beekmanensis
Whitfield 1889
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
| synonym of Euconia etna | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Straparollinidae
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Pleurotomaria (Holopea) turgida
Hall 1847
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
| recombined as Straparollina turgida | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Murchisona (Ectomaria) pagoda
(Salter 1859)
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
| Murchisona (Ectomaria) pagoda orientalis | ||||||||||
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= Ectomaria orientalis
Donald 1906
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
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Lophospira borealis
Donald 1902
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
| synonym of Lophospira perangulata | ||||||||||
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Eopteriidae
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Euchasma blumenbachi
(Billings 1859)
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Peach et al. 1907 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Dissidocerida
- Troedssonellidae
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Buttsoceras sp.
Ulrich and Foerste 1933
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Bisonocerida
- Piloceratidae
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Cassinoceras wortheni
(Billings 1865)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Piloceras wortheni | ||||||||||
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Allopiloceras bealachense
Evans 2011
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Expandocassinoceras cf. grande
(Ulrich and Foerste 1943)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Bisonocerida
- Bisonoceratidae
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Bisonoceras hornei
(Ulrich et al. 1943)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Endocerida
- Proterocameroceratidae
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Platysiphon sp.
Flower 1956
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Tarphycerida
- Tarphyceratidae
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Tarphyceras sp.
Hyatt 1894
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pionoceras peachi
Evans 2011
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Highland |
| Coordinates: | 58.6° North, 4.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.6° North, 4.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Early/Lower Ordovician |
| Key time interval: | Tulean - Blackhillsian | Conodont zone: | Reutterodus andinus |
| Age range of interval: | 480.30000 - 470.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Durness | Formation: | Croisaphuill | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dolomitic "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | chert |
| Environment: | deep subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | locality 21 of Peach et al. 1907, p. 626 | ||
| Database number: | 188699 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Kröger, P. Wagner | Enterer: | B. Kröger, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | ||
| Created: | 2017-09-14 01:57:52 | Last modified: | 2018-06-14 13:53:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-09-14 01:57:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63219. | D.H. Evans. 2011. The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 165:1-131 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger] |
Secondary references:
| 65942 | B. N. Peach, J. Horne, W. Gunn, C. T. Clough, L. W. Hinxman and J. J. H. Teall. 1907. The geological structure of the north-west Highlands of Scotland. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 1-668 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |