PBDB Collection

Glencartholm (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.0° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 0.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Glencartholm Volcanic Formation (Upper Border Group), Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• Neuropteris antecdens Zone. Foraminifera from the sequence suggest a position near the Holkerian-Asbian boundary (George et al. 1976)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; tuff and shale

• The plant fossils occur in the Glencartholm Volcanic Group, a sequence of tuffs, shales, and sandstones near the base of the Upper Border Group (Lumsden et al. 1967). They are interpreted as shallow marine or lagoonal deposits.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. J. Cleal and B. A. Thomas. 1995. Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series, Chapman & Hall: London. 9 [P. Gensel/M. Kotyk]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 34471: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Alistair McGowan on 02.09.2003, edited by Jason Cassara and Roger Benson

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unclassified
-	Bythotrepis acicularis, Bythotrepis plumosa, Bythotrepis simplex, Bythotrepis scotica Bythotrepis acicularis Bythotrepis plumosa Bythotrepis simplex Bythotrepis scotica
Arachnida
Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae	Eskiscorpio parvus n. gen. n. sp. Eskiscorpio parvus n. gen. n. sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion GSE 2139
Scorpiones - Gigantoscorpionidae	Gigantoscorpio willsi n. gen. n. sp. Gigantoscorpio willsi n. gen. n. sp. Stormer 1963 scorpion BMNH In. 42706a, 43706b, 42707 (holotype and only specimen, a single, partially preserved large scorpion)
Scorpiones - Centromachidae	Acanthracochaerilus palustris n. gen. n. sp., Centromachus euglyptus n. gen. n. sp. Acanthracochaerilus palustris n. gen. n. sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion BMNH In. 39764 (holotype and onyl known specimen: juvenile scorpion) first reported by Kjellesvig-Waering 1986) Centromachus euglyptus n. gen. n. sp. Peach 1883 scorpion GSE 2142, type and only specimen; first reported by Peach 1881
Sphenopteridae
- Sphenopteridae	Spathulopteris decomposita, Spathulopteris obovata, Sphenopteris bifida Spathulopteris decomposita Spathulopteris obovata Lindley and Hutton 1923 Sphenopteris bifida

Coniferales -	Lepidostrobus ornatus Lepidostrobus ornatus Brongniart 1828
Rhodeopteridium
-	Rhodeopteridium machanekii Rhodeopteridium machanekii
Lycopodiopsida
Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae	Lycopodites stockii Lycopodites stockii clubmoss
Stigmaria ficoides
-	Stigmaria ficoides Stigmaria ficoides Sternberg 1822
Sphenopteridium
-	Sphenopteridium pachyrrachis, Sphenopteridium macconochiei, ? Sphenopteridium crassum Sphenopteridium pachyrrachis Sphenopteridium macconochiei ? Sphenopteridium crassum
Rhacopteris
-	Rhacopteris lindsaeformis, Rhacopteris geikiei Rhacopteris lindsaeformis Rhacopteris geikiei
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales - Equisetidae	Pothocites grantoni Pothocites grantoni
Cardiopteridium
-	Cardiopteridium nanum Cardiopteridium nanum
Eskdalia minuta
-	Eskdalia minuta Eskdalia minuta Kidston 1903
Carpolithes
-	Carpolithes sp. Carpolithes sp. Schlotheim 1820
Sphenopsida
-	Archaeocalamites radiatus Archaeocalamites radiatus Brongniart 1875

Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae	Lepidostrobophyllum lanceolatum, Lepidostrobophyllum fimbriatum, Lepidodendron veltheimianum Lepidostrobophyllum lanceolatum Lepidostrobophyllum fimbriatum Lepidodendron veltheimianum