Also known as Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Dundee Formation, Midland Valley, Scotland
Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.0° N, 4.0° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 10.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Dundee Flagstone Formation (Arbuthnott Group), Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)
• "Lochkovian or Pragian"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray sandstone and calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. J. Braddy. 2000. Eurypterids from the Early Devonian of the Midland Valley of Scotland . Scottish Journal of Geology 36:115-122 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26908: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 | |
Turinia sp. Traquair 1896 | |
Petromyzontida | |
Cephalaspis sp. Agassiz 1835 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Climatius sp. Agassiz 1845 spiny fish | |
Ischnacanthus sp. Powrie 1864 spiny fish | |
Mesacanthus sp. Traquair 1888 spiny fish | |
Euchelicerata | |
"Tarsopterella scotica" = Tarsopterella scotica, "Erieopterus brewsteri" = Tarsopterella scotica
"Tarsopterella scotica" = Tarsopterella scotica Woodward 1872 eurypterid
"Erieopterus brewsteri" = Tarsopterella scotica Woodward 1872 eurypterid | |
Pagea sturrocki, "Stylonurus powriensis" = Stylonurus powriensis, "? Stylonurus ensiformis" = Stylonurus powriensis
Pagea sturrocki Waterston 1962 eurypterid
"Stylonurus powriensis" = Stylonurus powriensis Page 1856 eurypterid
"? Stylonurus ensiformis" = Stylonurus powriensis Page 1856 eurypterid | |
"Pterygotus anglicus" = Pterygotus anglicus, "Pterygotus minor" = Pterygotus anglicus
"Pterygotus anglicus" = Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz 1844 eurypterid
"Pterygotus minor" = Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz 1844 eurypterid | |
Myriapoda | |