Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.3° N, 4.7° W: paleocoordinates 15.2° S, 23.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Monograptus gregarius graptolite zone, Newlands Farm Formation, Aeronian (440.8 - 438.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, blue, calcareous siltstone and lithified sandstone
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 188535: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 06.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Harpidella (Harpidella) newlandensis Begg 1950 trilobite | |
Cyphoproetus externus trilobite
Astroproetus interjectus Reed 1935 trilobite | |
Decoroproetus farragatus n. sp.
Decoroproetus farragatus n. sp. Howells 1982 trilobite | |
Stenopareia glochin n. sp.
Stenopareia glochin n. sp. Howells 1982 trilobite | |
Kosovopeltis cunctatum trilobite
Opsypharus maccallumi Salter 1867 trilobite | |
Ceratocephala sp., Leonaspis cf. deflexa, Leonaspis "sp. C", "Leonaspis cf. varbolensis" = Exallaspis varbolensis
Ceratocephala sp. Warder 1838 trilobite
Leonaspis cf. deflexa trilobite
Leonaspis "sp. C" Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
"Leonaspis cf. varbolensis" = Exallaspis varbolensis Bruton 1967 trilobite | |
Platylichas scoticus trilobite
Hemiarges serus trilobite
Dicranopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite | |
Calymene ubitquitosus Howells 1982 trilobite | |
Acernaspis superciliexcelsis n. sp.
Acernaspis superciliexcelsis n. sp. Howells 1982 trilobite | |
Deiphon sp. Barrande 1846 trilobite
Hadromeros elongatus Reed 1931 trilobite
Youngia aff. trispinosa trilobite | |
? Encrinurus newlandensis trilobite
Encrinurus squarrosus n. sp. Howells 1982 trilobite |