Trilobites of Reservoir Formation, Pentland Hills: Telychian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Proetus cf. latifrons
(M'Coy 1846)
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| Proetus s.l. | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Otarionidae
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Harpidella thomasi n. sp.
Clarkson and Howells 1981
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Encrinuridae
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Encrinurus sp.
Emmrich 1844
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Phacopidae
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Acernaspis sp.
Campbell 1967
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 56.0° North, 3.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.6° South, 20.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
| Stage: | Telychian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Telychian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 438.5 - 433.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Reservoir |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: [siliciclastic; some fossils associated with coral bed] | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Trilobites only | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 23310 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-07-11 16:00:08 | Last modified: | 2018-11-26 18:26:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-11 16:00:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6693. | E. N. K. Clarkson and Y. Howells. 1981. Upper Llandovery Trilobites from the Pentland Hills, Scotland. Palaeontology 24(3):507-536 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] |