Stinchar River tributary, Craigneil farm, Colmonell, Girvan District: Costonian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Animalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Arthrorhachis comes
Geragnostus aspinosus
Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
Telephina girvanensis
Telephina subsecuta
Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Toernquistia sp. Reed 1896
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenidae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx repulsus
Lonchodomas limbatum
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurididae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847
Remopleurides aff. vulgaris
Robergiella bertilloni (Tripp 1976)
Hypodicranotus sp. Whittington 1952
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Nileus teres
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Hemiarges sp. Gürich 1901
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Calyptaulax sp. Cooper 1930
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Hadromeros sp. Lane 1971
Sphaerexochus sp. Beyrich 1845
Sphaerocoryphe hastata
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerella girvanensis
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinuroides sp. Reed 1931
Cybellela sp. (Reed 1928)
Quinquecosta aff. stincharensis
Cybelurus expansus
Atractopyge petiolulata
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Glyptomena trippi Williams 1962
Originally Glyptonema; assuming spelling error
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Bimuria cf. buttsi Cooper 1956
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Isophragma extensum Cooper 1956
"tricostatum"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania sulcata Williams 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina semilunata Williams 1962
Glyptambonites aff. glyptus Cooper 1956
Palaeostrophomena aff. angulata Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides aff. costatus Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Nothorthis tarda Cooper 1956
"lata"
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Ptychopleurella rectangulata Cooper 1956
"laciniata"
Hesperorthis cf. australis Cooper 1956
"exitis"
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Taphrorthis aff. peculiaris Cooper 1956
Orthambonites parvicrassicostatus Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Scaphorthis cf. virginiensis Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Phragmorthidae
Phragmorthis buttsi Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis aff. fasciculata Cooper 1956
Craniata - Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
? Obolellina sp. Billings 1871
Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Conotreta sp. Walcott 1889
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
Crinoidea
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 1
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 2
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 3
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 4
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 5
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 6
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 7
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 8
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 9
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 10
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 11
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 12
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 13
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 14
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 15
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 16
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 17
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 18
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 19
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 20
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 21
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 22
Crinoidea informal indet. sp. 23
Rhombifera - Cheirocrinidae
Cheirocrinidae indet. Jaekel 1899
Conodonta
Conodonta indet. Pander 1856
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland County:Strathclyde
Coordinates: 55.1° North, 4.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.2° South, 30.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Sandbian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 4
Key time interval: Costonian Graptolite zone:  Nemagraptus gracilis
Age range of interval: 458.4 - 457.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Superstes Mudstone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology:concretionary lithified calcareous "limestone"
Lithology description: Gray-green mudstones (red when weathered) with widely dispersed discoidal nodules of limestone about 4 to 5 cm thick and 15 cn or so in diameter
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-single event
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Articulated whole bodies:many
Size sorting:medium
Fragmentation:none
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Nemagraptus gracilis graptolite biozone; age is transitional between N. gracilis superstes and Balclatchie/Stinchar Limestone (is the latter the Albany?)
Metadata
Database number:76076
Authorizer:P. Novack-Gottshall Enterer:P. Hearn
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-11-12 10:18:18 Last modified:2013-09-06 13:39:37
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-12 10:18:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25779. R. P. Tripp, A. Williams, and C. R. C. Paul. 1981. On an exposure of the Ordovician superstes Mudstones at Colmonell, Girvan District, Strathclyde. Scottish Journal of Geology 17:21-25 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn/P. Wagner]