An Garbh-eilean (Ordovician to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as locality 21 of Peach et al. 1907, p. 626

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.6° N, 4.9° W: paleocoordinates 58.6° N, 4.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Reutterodus andinus conodont zone, Croisaphuill Formation (Durness Group), Tulean to Tulean (480.8 - 470.0 Ma)

• Upper part of formation.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; dolomitic limestone and chert

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D.H. Evans. 2011. The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 165:1-131 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188699: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 14.09.2017, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae
Platysiphon sp. Flower 1956
 Bisonocerida - Bisonoceratidae
Bisonoceras hornei Ulrich et al. 1943
 Bisonocerida - Piloceratidae
Expandocassinoceras cf. grande Ulrich and Foerste 1943
Cassinoceras wortheni Billings 1865
 Tarphycerida - Tarphyceratidae
Tarphyceras sp. Hyatt 1894
Pionoceras peachi Evans 2011
 Dissidocerida - Troedssonellidae
Buttsoceras sp. Ulrich and Foerste 1933
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
"Bellerophon (Cyrtolites) palinurus" = Eobucania palinurus1
"Bellerophon (Cyrtolites) palinurus" = Eobucania palinurus1 Billings 1865 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Ectomaria orientalis2, "Lophospira borealis" = Lophospira perangulata1
Ectomaria orientalis2 Donald 1906 snail
Murchisona (Ectomaria) pagoda orientalis
"Lophospira borealis" = Lophospira perangulata1 Hall 1847 snail
 Murchisoniina - Straparollinidae
"Pleurotomaria (Holopea) turgida" = Straparollina turgida1
"Pleurotomaria (Holopea) turgida" = Straparollina turgida1 Hall 1847 snail
 Eogastropoda - Sinuopeidae
"Pleurotomaria etna" = Euconia etna1, "Pleurotomaria beekmanensis" = Euconia etna1, "Pleurotomaria ramsayi" = Euconia etna1
"Pleurotomaria etna" = Euconia etna1 Billings 1865 snail
"Pleurotomaria beekmanensis" = Euconia etna1 Billings 1865 snail
"Pleurotomaria ramsayi" = Euconia etna1 Billings 1865 snail
 Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
"Pleurotomaria laurentina" = Ceratopea laurentina1
"Pleurotomaria laurentina" = Ceratopea laurentina1 Billings 1859 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Eopteriidae
Euchasma blumenbachi1 Billings 1859