PBDB Collection

Woodland Point (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 12.6° S, 78.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monograptus cyphus graptolite zone, Woodland Formation, Rhuddanian (443.1 - 440.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, massive sandstone and lithified siltstone

• Woodland Formation: lower member of massive sandstones with a rich shelly fauna, a middle member of less-massive beds with scarce shelly horizons, and an upper member of gray, thinly bedded siltstones and mudstones [Floyd & Williams 2003, Trans. Roy Soc Edin 93:383-392]

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Elizabeth Gray in ~1850-1920; reposited in the BMNH, OUM, SM

• Collections also in Hunterian Museum (Glasgow University), Birmingham University, Grant Institute of Geology (Edinburgh University), Institute of Geological Sciences (Edinburgh), Palaeontologisk Museum (Oslo), National Museum of Wales, Royal Scottish Museum

Primary reference: Y. Howells. 1982. Scottish Silurian trilobites. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 135(561):1-70 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188533: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 06.09.2017, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
Phacopida - Phacopidae	Acernaspis xynon n. sp., Acernaspis superciliexcelsis Acernaspis xynon n. sp. Howells 1982 trilobite Acernaspis superciliexcelsis Howells 1982 trilobite
Phacopida - Encrinuridae	Encrinurus squarrosus Encrinurus squarrosus Howells 1982 trilobite
Phacopida - Cheiruridae	Hadromeros elongatus, Deiphon sp. Hadromeros elongatus Reed 1931 trilobite Deiphon sp. Barrande 1846 trilobite
Phacopida - Calymenidae	Calymene ubiquitosus Calymene ubiquitosus trilobite
Corynexochida - Styginidae	Kosovopeltis cunctatum Kosovopeltis cunctatum trilobite
Corynexochida - Illaenidae	Stenopareia acymata n. sp. Stenopareia acymata n. sp. Howells 1982 trilobite
Lichida - Lichidae	"Lichas silvestris" = Neolichas silvestris, Hemiarges serus, Hemiarges "sp. B", Platylichas scoticus, Dicranopeltis sp. "Lichas silvestris" = Neolichas silvestris Reed 1925 trilobite Hemiarges serus trilobite Hemiarges "sp. B" Gürich 1901 trilobite hypostome type B Platylichas scoticus trilobite Dicranopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Proetida - Otarionidae	Harpidella (Harpidella) newlandensis Harpidella (Harpidella) newlandensis Begg 1950 trilobite
Proetida - Proetidae	Cyphoproetus externus, Astroproetus scoticus Cyphoproetus externus trilobite Astroproetus scoticus Reed 1941 trilobite
Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae	Decoroproetus farragatus Decoroproetus farragatus Howells 1982 trilobite
Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae	Globulaspis prominens, "Leonaspis aff. varbolensis" = Exallaspis varbolensis, Leonaspis "sp. A", Leonaspis "sp. B", Leonaspis "sp. E", "Ceratocephalina reperta" = Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina), Miraspis ultima Globulaspis prominens trilobite "Leonaspis aff. varbolensis" = Exallaspis varbolensis Bruton 1967 trilobite Leonaspis "sp. A" Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite Leonaspis "sp. B" Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite Leonaspis "sp. E" Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite "Ceratocephalina reperta" = Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina) trilobite Miraspis ultima trilobite
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae	"Stropheodonta jamesoni n. sp." = Leptostrophia jamesoni "Stropheodonta jamesoni n. sp." = Leptostrophia jamesoni Reed 1917