locality A5/6, Road section, east of the road, near Beloi, 5.5 km SSE of Valongo (Ordovician of Portugal)

Also known as Uralichas ribeirioi slates, Valongo Fm., Valongo, Portugal

Where: Portugal (41.0° N, 8.0° W: paleocoordinates 73.1° S, 71.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Didymograptus murchisoni graptolite zone, Uralichas ribeirioi slates Member (Valongo Formation), Dobrotivian (459.0 - 457.9 Ma)

• 100 m above the horizon with graptolites of the Didymograptus murchisoni zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray, silty mudstone

• Silty grey mudstone with occasional basal siltstones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Romano and J. L. Henry. 1982. The trilobite genus Eoharpes from the Ordovician of Brittany and Portugal. Palaeontology 25(3):623-633 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20958: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 13.06.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Primarily trilobite biostratigraphy and taxonomy, with others listed
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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus murchisoni
Didymograptus murchisoni Beck 1839 graptolite
From beds below trilobites (100 m below Uralichas beds)
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Orthograptus colcorotus
Orthograptus colcorotus graptolite
From beds below trilobites
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Redonia sp.
Redonia sp. Rouault 1851 clam
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp.
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp., Ectillaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Ectillaenus sp. Salter 1867 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Colpocoryphe sp.
Colpocoryphe sp. Novak and Perner 1918 trilobite
 Phacopida - Bathycheilidae
Bathycheilus sp.
Bathycheilus sp. Holub 1908 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus sp., Salterocoryphe salteri, Prionocheilus mendax, "Pharostoma sp." = Prionocheilus
Neseuretus sp. Hicks 1873 trilobite
Salterocoryphe salteri Rouault 1851 trilobite
Salterocoryphe salteri salteri
Prionocheilus mendax Vanek 1965 trilobite
[Prionocheilus mendex]
"Pharostoma sp." = Prionocheilus Rouault 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
? Pterygometopus sp.
? Pterygometopus sp. Schmidt 1881 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanitina sp., Retamaspis sp., Zeliszkella sp., "Eodalmanitina sp." = Mucronaspis
Dalmanitina sp. Reed 1905 trilobite
Retamaspis sp. Hammann 1972 trilobite
Zeliszkella sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
"Eodalmanitina sp." = Mucronaspis Destombes 1963 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Phacopidina sp.
Phacopidina sp. Bancroft and Lamont 1949 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Placoparia sp.
Placoparia sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Pateraspis sp., Actinopeltis sp., Eccoprochile (? Eccoptochile) mariana, Valongia wattisoni
Pateraspis sp. Prantl and Pribyl 1947 trilobite
Actinopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Eccoprochile (? Eccoptochile) mariana Verneuil and Barrande 1855 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
Eoharpes cristatus
Eoharpes cristatus Romano 1975 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Dionididae
Dionide sp.
Dionide sp. Barrande 1847 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Protolloydolithus sp.
Protolloydolithus sp. Williams 1948 trilobite
 Asaphida - Hungaiidae
Hungioides sp.
Hungioides sp. Kobayashi 1936 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Parabarrandia sp.
Parabarrandia sp. Prantl and Pribyl 1949 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isabelinia sp., ? Ogyginus sp., Nobiliasaphus sp., "Parabasilicus sp." = Basilicus, Asaphellus sp.
Isabelinia sp. Rabano 1989 trilobite
? Ogyginus sp. Raymond 1912 trilobite
Nobiliasaphus sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1965 trilobite
"Parabasilicus sp." = Basilicus Salter 1849 trilobite
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Uralichas ribeirioi
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Selenopeltis sp.
Selenopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite