Ctenodus whitropei-type locality (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Bed 7, Whitrope Burn

Where: Liddesdale, United Kingdom (55.3° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 11.0° S, 1.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Ballagan Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. R. Smithson, K. R. Richards, and J. A. Clack. 2016. Lungfish diversity in Romer's Gap: reaction to the end-Devonian. Palaeontology 59(1):29-44 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 196859: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 11.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi -
Ctenodus whiteropei n. sp. lungfish
NMS G 2014.2.1