Mulloch Hill, Ayrshire [Mulloch Hill Sandstone]: Rhuddanian, United Kingdom
collected by Gray
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Alytodonta gibbosa n. sp.
Cope 1997
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Ayrshire |
Coordinates: | 55.2° North, 4.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 16.1° South, 23.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
Stage: | Rhuddanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 |
Key time interval: | Rhuddanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 443.80000 - 440.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Mulloch Hill | Formation: | Mulloch Hill | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Mulloch Hill Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: "lower Llandovery" in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Assumed to be sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as specimen is an internal mold. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Collectors: | Gray |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: "Gray"?. REPOSITORY: BMNH. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Database number: | 123138 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
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Created: | 2012-01-12 03:22:34 | Last modified: | 2018-07-31 23:41:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-12 03:22:34 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39391. | J. C. W. Cope. 1997. The early phylogeny of the Class Bivalvia. Palaeontology 40(3):713-746 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |