A new Late Ordovician bubble-headed trilobite species from South West Wales and its implications for biostratigraphy
A new species of bubble-headed trilobite, Staurocephalus oliveae sp. nov., is described from 250 specimens collected from a recently discovered locality in the Sholeshook Limestone Formation (upper Katian, Upper Ordovician; Ashgill, Cautleyan Zone 1 equivalent) in the village of Llanddowror, Carma...
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| author | MANUS G. LEIDI LUCY M.E. MCCOBB PATRICK D. MCDERMOTT ALAN W. OWEN |
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| description | A new species of bubble-headed trilobite, Staurocephalus oliveae sp. nov., is described from 250 specimens collected
from a recently discovered locality in the Sholeshook Limestone Formation (upper Katian, Upper Ordovician; Ashgill,
Cautleyan Zone 1 equivalent) in the village of Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire. Although no fully articulated specimens
were found, the material is the most abundant and well-preserved of any Ordovician Staurocephalus species known
from Britain and Ireland, and enables the complicated 3D structure of its cephalon to be reconstructed. Staurocephalus
oliveae sp. nov. is the earliest representative of the genus recorded in Avalonia, following its presumed migration into
the area from Laurentia or Baltica. Recognition of this Cautleyan species resurrects the potential usefulness of the long
established, widely distributed, Staurocephalus clavifrons as a latest Katian (= Rawtheyan) indicator. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b01824ddd6b4355850b5d914909f03b2024-04-22T10:08:36ZengInstitute of Paleobiology PASActa Palaeontologica Polonica1732-24212024-03-01691577210.4202/app.01120.2023A new Late Ordovician bubble-headed trilobite species from South West Wales and its implications for biostratigraphyMANUS G. LEIDI0LUCY M.E. MCCOBB1PATRICK D. MCDERMOTT2ALAN W. OWEN3School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, Wales, UK.Department of Natural Sciences, Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Cardiff CF10 3NP, Wales, UK.Flat 4, 12 Quay St., Carmarthen, SA31 3JT, Wales, UK.School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.A new species of bubble-headed trilobite, Staurocephalus oliveae sp. nov., is described from 250 specimens collected from a recently discovered locality in the Sholeshook Limestone Formation (upper Katian, Upper Ordovician; Ashgill, Cautleyan Zone 1 equivalent) in the village of Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire. Although no fully articulated specimens were found, the material is the most abundant and well-preserved of any Ordovician Staurocephalus species known from Britain and Ireland, and enables the complicated 3D structure of its cephalon to be reconstructed. Staurocephalus oliveae sp. nov. is the earliest representative of the genus recorded in Avalonia, following its presumed migration into the area from Laurentia or Baltica. Recognition of this Cautleyan species resurrects the potential usefulness of the long established, widely distributed, Staurocephalus clavifrons as a latest Katian (= Rawtheyan) indicator.https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app69/app011202023.pdftrilobitaphacopidaencrinuridaestaurocephaluslate ordovicianbiostratigraphywalesgreat britain |
| spellingShingle | MANUS G. LEIDI LUCY M.E. MCCOBB PATRICK D. MCDERMOTT ALAN W. OWEN A new Late Ordovician bubble-headed trilobite species from South West Wales and its implications for biostratigraphy Acta Palaeontologica Polonica trilobita phacopida encrinuridae staurocephalus late ordovician biostratigraphy wales great britain |
| title | A new Late Ordovician bubble-headed trilobite species from South West Wales and its implications for biostratigraphy |
| title_full | A new Late Ordovician bubble-headed trilobite species from South West Wales and its implications for biostratigraphy |
| title_fullStr | A new Late Ordovician bubble-headed trilobite species from South West Wales and its implications for biostratigraphy |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new Late Ordovician bubble-headed trilobite species from South West Wales and its implications for biostratigraphy |
| title_short | A new Late Ordovician bubble-headed trilobite species from South West Wales and its implications for biostratigraphy |
| title_sort | new late ordovician bubble headed trilobite species from south west wales and its implications for biostratigraphy |
| topic | trilobita phacopida encrinuridae staurocephalus late ordovician biostratigraphy wales great britain |
| url | https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app69/app011202023.pdf |
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