Infilled quarry in Lady Burn: Katian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhombifera
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Rhombifera sp.
Zittel 1879
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1 fragment | |||||||||
| GLAHM 152607/2 | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Eocicerocrinus sevastopuloi
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2 fragments | |||||||||
| GLAHM 152606/1,2 | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Cupulocrinidae
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Cupulocrinus drummuckensis
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1 fragment | |||||||||
| GLAHM 153607/2 | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Taxocrinida
- Taxocrinidae
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Protaxocrinus girvanensis
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2 fragments | |||||||||
| GLAHM 153605/1, 2 | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Diplobathrida
- Dimerocrinitidae
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Eodimerocrinites littlewoodi n. gen., n. sp.
Donovan and Gilmour 2003
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Donovan and Gilmour 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Patelliocrinidae
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Macrostylocrinus cirrifer
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2 fragments | |||||||||
| GLAHM 152602/1,2 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Ayrshire |
| Coordinates: | 55.3° North, 4.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.7° South, 26.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| Key time interval: | Katian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 453.00000 - 445.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | South Threave | Member: | Farden | ||
| Local section: | Lady Burn | Local bed: | Lady Burn Starfish Beds | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Drummock Subgroup | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Not given in text but these are mudstones and siltstones | |
| Environment: | offshore indet. |
| Geology comments: Deeper-water downslope setting in a steep, narrow shelf/slope preserving an allochthonous faunal assemblage. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: A temporary exposure that is now infilled. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bed A of Harper (1982) | ||
| Database number: | 181069 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. McGowan, P. Wagner | Enterer: | A. McGowan, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-08-17 07:42:48 | Last modified: | 2019-05-24 17:08:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-08-17 07:42:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60146. | S. K. Donovan and N. D. L. Clark. 2015. A collection of pelmatozoans (Echinodermata) from the Lady Burn Starfish Beds (Upper Ordovician, Katian), SW Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 51:125-130 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan] |
Secondary references:
| 69041 | S. K. Donovan and N. Gilmour. 2003. New camerate crinoids from the Ordovician of Scotland and Wales. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 93:155-161 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |