Crags to the east of Loch Borralie (Ordovician to of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (58.6° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 58.6° N, 4.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Croisaphuill Formation (Durness Group), Tulean to Tulean (485.4 - 471.8 Ma)

• The precise horizon within the Croisaphuill Formation is uncertain but, assuming no repetition through thrusting, it is approximately 110 m above the base of the formation and within a few metres of the top.

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 188706: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 14.09.2017

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae
Aphetoceras sp. Hyatt 1894