Balclatchie Formation
210 distinct taxa, from 448 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 458–453 Mya.
Scotland · UK
210 taxa · 448 fossils · 458–453 MyaFiled under the Ardmillan Group. Members recorded: Pumphouse, Laggan, Burnside Conglomerate, Bellmoor, Kilranny Conglomerate.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Ardwell Subgroup, in the Ardmillan Group, and dates it 458–443 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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6 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Amphilichas
- Illaenus
- Decoroproetus jamesoni
- Remopleurides
- Teratorhynchus
- Ampyx
- Anisonotus hornei
- Arthrorhachis
- Calyptaulax brongniartii
- Diacanthaspis
- Hammannopyge unica
- Harpidella
- Isotelus
- Lonchodomas
- Porterfieldia caecigena
- Robergia barrandii
- Robergiella correcta
- Sphaerocoryphe
- Stenopareia balclatchiensis
- Ampyxina powelli
- Cybellela balclatchiensis
- Raymondella macconochiei
- Robergiella neteorum
- Sphaerexochus
- Toernquistia
- Asaphidae
- Atractopyge
- Bronteopsis concentrica
- Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata
- Glyptomenoides girvanensis
- Leptellina llandeiloensis
- Anisopleurella balclatchiensis
- Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) reedi
- Bimuria youngiana
- Boucotspira ordovicus
- Conotreta davidsoni
- Cybellela
- Diacanthaspis lalage
- Encrinuroides
- Glyptomena brumalis
The 40 most often recorded, of 210.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.