South Parrot Coal, Niddrie (Carboniferous to of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.9° N, 3.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 5.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: South Parrot Coal Member (Upper limestone Formation), Pendleian to Pendleian (330.9 - 323.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithology not reported and coal

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1967. Further notes on Palaeoniscoid fishes with a classification of the Chondrostei. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 14(5):143-206 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229829: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 31.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys robisoni1 Hibbert 1835 ray-finned fish
NMS 1893.36.25
 Elonichthyiformes - Gonatodidae
Pseudogonatodus parvidens Traquair 1882 ray-finned fish
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Watsonichthys pectinatus1 Traquair 1877 ray-finned fish
NMS (specimen label has no number)
 Palaeoniscimorpha -
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus2
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus2 Gistel 1848
NHMUK P.11699, P.11687; P.56937; NMS 1896.160.25
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Nematoptychius greenocki1 Traquair 1866
NMS 1896.35.33
Gonatodus punctatus1 Agassiz 1835
NMS 1898.54.23
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys sp.1 Traquair 1877
NMS 1898.61.16