Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan: Burrellian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops (Calliops) jukesi
var. vicina
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Playfairia girvanensis n. sp. (Salmon 1942)
recombined as Glyptomenoides girvanensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Actinomena brumalis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Ptychoglyptus pauciradiatus Reed 1932
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Bimuria perrugata n. sp. Reed 1945
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Plectambonites praeteritus n. sp. Reed 1945
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Orthis (Glyptorthis) biornata n. sp. Reed 1945
synonym of Ptychopleurella lapworthi
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
? Hormotoma nitida n. sp. Longstaff 1924
Longstaff 1924
recombined as Loxonema nitida
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Catazone striatula n. sp. Longstaff 1924
Longstaff 1924
recombined as Hormotoma striatula
? Plethospira caledoniensis n. sp. Longstaff 1924
Longstaff 1924
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira equilis n. sp. Longstaff 1924
Longstaff 1924
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira obliquestriata n. sp. Longstaff 1924
Longstaff 1924
synonym of Lophospira perangulata
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sphaeroidalis n. sp. Reed 1921
Reed 1921
recombined as Strangulites sphaeroidalis
Sinuites balclatchiensis n. sp. Reed 1921
Reed 1921
recombined as Strangulites balclatchiensis
Sinuites discoides n. sp. Reed 1921
Reed 1921
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Tetranota carrickensis Reed 1921
Reed 1921
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
? Zonidiscus transiens Reed 1921
Reed 1921
recombined as Joleaudella transiens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Carinaropsis gracilis Reed 1921
Reed 1921
Pterotheca girvanensis Reed 1909
Reed 1921
Pterotheca simplex n. sp. Reed 1909
Reed 1921
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Boucotspira ordovicus (Longstaff 1924)
Stewart 2011
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Eccyliomphalus balclatchiensis n. sp. Longstaff 1924
Longstaff 1924
? Eccyliomphalus macromphalus (M'Coy 1851)
M'Coy 1851
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
? Omospira depressa n. sp. Longstaff 1924
Longstaff 1924
recombined as Scalites depressa
Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae
Pinnocaris lapworthi n. sp. Etheridge 1878
Etheridge 1878
Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Clisospiridae
Clisospira balclatchiensis n. sp. Longstaff 1924
Longstaff 1924
recombined as Mimospira balclatchiensis
Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Sinuitopsis congruens n. sp. Reed 1921
Reed 1921
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland
Coordinates: 55.2° North, 4.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.5° South, 29.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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:Pumphouse
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Updated stratigraphy from Stewart (2011).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:78001
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Wagner Enterer:U. Merkel, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-25 01:10:31 Last modified:2015-05-13 20:16:09
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-25 01:10:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26317.1% 21380F. R. C. Reed. 1945. Notes on some Ordovician brachiopods and a trilobite from the Balclatchie Beds of Girvan. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany and Geology, 11th serie 12(89):309-316 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

15893 R., J.r. Etheridge. 1878. Notes on a few Silurian fossils from the neighborhood of Girvan, Ayrshire. Proceedings of the Royal Physcians Society of Edingburgh 4:167-177 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16156 J. D. Longstaff. 1924. Descriptions of Gasteropoda, chiefly in Mrs. Robert Gray's collection, from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Girvan. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 80(4):408-446 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
11540 F. M'Coy. 1851. On some new Silurian Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 77:45-63 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
11640 F. R. C. Reed. 1921. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea. The Palaeontographical Society 31:1-92 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
55301 S. J. Stewart. 2011. Distribution and palaeoecology of Ordovician bivalves and gastropods from Girvan, SW Scotland. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102(3):145-158 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]