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Graptolites - Brickhill Shales
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Here is a very attractive plate from the Silurian Birckhill Shales with servile different Graptolite species on it. This piece shows as speciality some so called iridescent Peacock Ore on the cleaving surface of the shale and on the Graptolite fossils them self. Peacock ore, also called Bornite. When lit accordingly, the graptolites show an iridescent, metallic color. | |||
Location: | Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | ||
| Size of plate: | about 102 x 70 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 |