Calymene carlops Lamont, 1949

Candela, Yves & Crighton, William R. B., 2019, Synoptic revision of the Silurian fauna from the Pentland Hills, Scotland described by Lamont (1978), Palaeontologia Electronica (19 A) 22 (2), pp. 1-45 : 38

Calymene carlops Lamont, 1949 ; described in Lamont, 1978, p. 274

Horizon as lower part of the Wether Law Linn Formation: the specimens described by Lamont (1949) were collected from the Deerhope Burn and “high on the south-west side of the Wetherlaw Linn” (p. 323)

The new species was erected by Lamont (1949) even though a specimen of this species was figured by Lamont (1948), but no description or comparison with other taxa was undertaken. The correct date of availability for the species is 1949 when conditions were met to make the name available (conforming to Articles 10 and 13 of the ICZN). The specimen figured by Lamont (1948, plate 1, figure 13) is the same specimen as figured by Lamont (1949, plate 18, figure 13). It is one of the syntypes erected by Lamont (1949) and referenced as Lamont Coll. No. 34 (internal mould of a cranidium); the second syntype is an internal mould of a pygidium (Lamont Coll. No. 35; plate 18, figure 17).

It was reassigned to Calymene frontosa Lindström, 1885 , by Clarkson and Howells (1981, p. 523).

This was synonymised with Calymene (s.l.) frontosa Lindström by Morris (1988). This species is present in the NEI in the Lower Member of the Wether Law Linn Formation (localities R 260, R 263 and R 265), and rare in the Upper Member (locality R 92) and in the Deerhope Coral Beds ( R 247) (Clarkson and Taylor, 2007b).