Craig Head Quarry, 3 miles east of Girvan, Kiln Mudstone Member: Cheneyan, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhombifera
- Pleurocystitidae
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Pleurocystites mitratus n. sp.
Regnell and Paul 1981
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Regnell and Paul 1981 | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pterygometopidae
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Achatella (Achatella) consobrina
(Tripp 1954)
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Encrinuridae
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Encrinurus praecursor
Tripp 1954
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Tripp 1957 | ||||||
| recombined as Celtencrinurus praecursor | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Ayrshire |
| Coordinates: | 55.3° North, 4.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.5° South, 28.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| Key time interval: | Cheneyan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 452.70000 - 451.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Barr | Formation: | Craighead | Member: | Kiln Mudstone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Craighead | ||
| Database number: | 169254 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Kröger, P. Wagner | Enterer: | B. Kröger, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-05-13 12:24:19 | Last modified: | 2015-07-16 19:53:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-05-13 12:24:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55286. | V. Jaanusson and L. Ramsköld. 1993. Pterygometopine Trilobites from the Ordovician of Baltoscandia. Palaeontology 36(4):743-769 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger] |
Secondary references:
| 22124 | G. Regnell and C.R.C. Paul. 1981. Echinoderms from the Ordovician of the Girvan district, Scotland, with the description of two new species: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Earth Sciences 72:49-56 [G. Webster/G. Webster] | |
| 55821 | R. P. Tripp. 1957. The trilobite Encrinurus multisegmentatus (Portlock) and allied Middle and Upper Ordovician species. Palaeontology 1(1):60-72 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |