South bank of Penwhapple Burn, Penwhapple Glen: Burrellian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Nieszkowskia unica (Thomson 1857)
recombined as Hammannopyge unica
Sphaerexochus balclatchiensis
Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Triarthrus reedi Raymond 1925
synonym of Porterfieldia caecigena
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Raymondella macconochiei (Nicholson and Etheridge 1879)
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Reedolithus subradiatus
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Hemiarges angustifrons Tripp 1954
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Mimella sp. Cooper 1930
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Pionodema sp. Foerste 1912
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga arcana Williams 1962
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae
? Idiospira cuneatella (Davidson 1883)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Oligorhynchiidae
Oligorhynchia conybearei (Reed 1917)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Ancistrorhynchidae
Drepanorhyncha calva Williams 1962
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parallelelasmatidae
Metacamerella balclatchiensis (Davidson 1883)
recombined as Metacamarella balclatchiensis
[Metacamerella baldatchiensis]
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia subborealis (Davidson 1883)
Oxoplecia sub-borealis
Epacroplecia grayiae (Davidson 1870)
recombined as Craigella grayiae
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Limbimurina sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Xenambonites revelatus n. sp. Williams 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites sp. Williams 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania cf. bilobata (Reed 1917)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Diambonia cf. anatoli Spjeldnaes 1957
recombined as Leangella (Leangella) anatoli
Craniata - Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Obolellina aff. dixonensis Cooper 1956
recombined as Eodinobolus dixonensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland County:Ayrshire
Coordinates: 55.2° North, 4.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.5° 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 Graptolite zone: Diplograptus multidens
Age range of interval:456.80000 - 452.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ardmillan Formation:Balclatchie Member:Burnside Conglomerate
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous siltstone
Secondary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Spheroidally weathering grits and conglomerates
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Pinwhapple Glen
Database number:192745
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-04-18 12:34:23 Last modified:2018-04-18 12:34:23
Access level:the public Released:2018-04-18 12:34:23
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]