Sample 3 (Ordovician of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (52.2° N, 7.0° W: paleocoordinates 50.4° S, 21.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raheen Formation, Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular, gray, green mudstone

• dark grey/ green mudstones with nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. W. Owen, R. P. Tripp, and S. F. Morris. 1986. The trilobite fauna of the Raheen Formation (upper Caradoc), Co. Waterford, Ireland. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 40(3):91-122 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182517: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 03.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp.
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Homalopteon portlockii
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx austinii
Ampyx austinii trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Tretaspis ceryx
Tretaspis ceryx trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Platylichas laxatus
Platylichas laxatus McCoy 1846 trilobite
 Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Mesotaphraspis sp.
Mesotaphraspis sp. Whittington and Evitt 1953 trilobite
new undescribed species
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Decoroproetus sp.
Decoroproetus sp. Pribyl 1946 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Harpidella sp.
Harpidella sp. M'Coy 1849 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
"Harpidae indet." = Harpetidae
"Harpidae indet." = Harpetidae Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Genus and species indeterminate
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Calyptaulax sp.
Calyptaulax sp. Cooper 1930 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Cybelinae indet.
Cybelinae indet. Holliday 1942 trilobite
interminate, cf. 'Cybele' mchenryi Reed
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerocoryphe murphyi n. sp.
Sphaerocoryphe murphyi n. sp. trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp.
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Miraspis sp., Primaspis aff. caractaci
Miraspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite