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Graptolites - Brickhill Shales

Graptolites -  Brickhill Shales
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Graptolites -  Brickhill Shales
Graptolites -  Brickhill Shales
Graptolites -  Brickhill Shales
Graptolites -  Brickhill Shales
Graptolites -  Brickhill Shales

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Here is a very nice and quite large graptolite - plate from the Birkhill - Shale’s. The plate contains more than 4 different graptolite - species.

The silurian Birkhill - Shale’s are known fort her very diverse graptilite - fauna.
These graptolite - shales offer a very good preservation and contrast as well.
The here offered pieces contain often servile different species.
 
 

Location:

Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 
Size of plate: about  102 x 68 mm
Age:Lower Silurian, Llandovery, Birckhill Shales (about 440 mill. y.o.)

Here is a list related to the plates of the Graptolite species that are known from the Birkhill.

 
01. Rastrites maximus CARRUTHERS, 1867
 
20. Monograptus clingani (CARRUTHERS)
 
02. Rastrites distans LAPWORTH, 1876
 
21. Monograptus lobiferus (McCOY,1850)
 
03. Rastrites peregrinus BARRANDE
 
22. Stimulograptus halli (BARRANDE, 1850)
 
04. Rastrites hybridus LAPWORTH, 1876
 
23. Stimulograptus sedgwicki (PORTLOCK, 1843)
 
05. Diversograptus capillaries (CARRUTHERS)
 
24. Monograptus leptotheca LAPWORTH, 1876
 
06. Monograptus attenuatus HOPKINSON
 
25. Petalograptus palmeus BARRANDE
 
07. Monograptus gregarius LAPWORTH, 1876
 
26. Cephalograptus cometa (GEINITZ, 1952)
 
08. Monograptus intermedius LAPWORTH, 1876
 
27. Orthograptus insectiformis (NICHOLSON, 1862)
 
09. Monograptus sandersoni LAPWORTH
 
28. Dimorphograptus confertus (NICHOLSON, 1868)
 
10. Pristiograptus concinnus (LAPWORTH, 1876)
 
29. Climacograptus tornquisti (ELLES & WOOD, 1906)
 
11. Monograptus tenuis (POORTLOCK, 1843)
 
30. Climacograptus innotatus (NICHOLSON, 1869)
 
12. Monograptus jaculum LAPWORTH, 1876
 
31. Glyptograptus tamariscus (NICHOLSON, 1868)
 
13. Monograptus cyphus LAPWORTH, 1876
 
32. Glyptograptus persculptus (SALTER, 1865)
 
14. Monograptus argutus LAPWORTH, 1876
 
33. Glyptograptus scalaris (HISINGER)
 
15. Monograptus communis communis LAPWORTH, 1876
 
34. Glyptograptus rectangularis (McCOY,1850)
 
16. Monograptus fimbriatus (NICHOLSON)
 
35. Diplograptus modestus (LAPWORTH, 1876)
 
17. Lituigraptus convolutus (HISINGER, 1837)
 
36. Cystograptus vesiculosus (NICHOLSON, 1868)
 
18. Monograptus turriculatus (BARRANDE, 1850)
 
37. Akidograptus acuminatus (NICHOLSON, 1867)
 
19. Monograptus triangulates HARKNESS
 
 

Product no.: 3497
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