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Dounans Limestone, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Formation	Dounans Limestone
Age:	479 - 468 Ma Ordovician
Interval	Cassinian
Lithology	mudstone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	43

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Earn	North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK	Dounans Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Dundee	393 - 383 Ma Devonian	sandstone, sandstone/siltstone, "shale", "limestone"	14

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Illaenus oscitatus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Illaenidae : Illaenus : *Illaenus oscitatus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Ceratocephala sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Odontopleuridae : *Ceratocephala*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Heliomeroides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : *Heliomeroides*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Kawina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : *Kawina*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Sycophantia seminosa species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Sycophantia : *Sycophantia seminosa*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Ectenonotus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pliomeridae : *Ectenonotus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Strotactinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pliomeridae : *Strotactinus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Acidiphorus williamsi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Acidiphorus : *Acidiphorus williamsi*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Bathyuridae family	5	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Punka sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : *Punka*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Ischyrotoma stubblefieldi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Dimeropygidae : Ischyrotoma : *Ischyrotoma stubblefieldi*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Carolinites genacinaca species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Telephinidae : Carolinites : *Carolinites genacinaca*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Distazeris sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Catillicephalidae : *Distazeris*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Orthida order	4	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Archaeorthis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Archaeorthidae : *Archaeorthis*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Nothorthis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Archaeorthidae : *Nothorthis*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Hesperonomiidae family	5	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Hesperonomiidae	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Orthambonites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Orthidae : *Orthambonites*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Orthidium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Orthidiellidae : *Orthidium*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Camerella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Camerellidae : *Camerella*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Idiostrophia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Camerellidae : *Idiostrophia*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Syntrophiidae family	5	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Syntrophiidae	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Trepostomatida order	4	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
? no name ?	100		478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Jumudontus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : *Jumudontus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Oistodus lanceolatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Conodontophorida : Oistodus : *Oistodus lanceolatus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Protopanderodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : *Protopanderodus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Scandodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : *Scandodus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Periodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : *Periodon*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Parapanderodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Panderodontida : Panderodontidae : *Parapanderodus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Drepanoistodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : *Drepanoistodus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Eucharodus parallelus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Protopanderodontida : Protopanderodontidae : Eucharodus : *Eucharodus parallelus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Crinoidea class	3	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Endoceratoidea subclass	3.3	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endoceratoidea	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Gastropoda class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Cyrtodiscus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sinuitidae : *Cyrtodiscus*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Maclurites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Maclureadae : *Maclurites*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Murchisonia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : *Murchisonia*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Straparollinidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Straparollinidae	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician
Subulites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : *Subulites*	478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician

References

Ingham J. K., Curry G. B., et al (1986) Early Ordovician Dounans Limestone fauna, Highland Border Complex, Scotland, Earth Sciences 76, 481-513

Ethington R. L., Austin R. L. (1991) Conodonts of the Dounans Limestone, Highland Border Complex, Scotland, Journal of Micropaleontology 10 1, 51-56

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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