Corncockle Quarry: Cisuralian, United Kingdom
collected by Carruthers, H. Duncan 1813–1814, 1824, 1827

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Caseidae
Herpetichnus sauroplesius n. gen., n. sp. Jardine 1850
Jardine 1850
synonym of Herpetichnus bucklandi
Testudo duncani n. sp. Owen 1842
Owen 1842
recombined as Chelichnus duncani
Chelichnus titan Jardine 1853
McKeever and Haubold 1996
Chelichnus gigas n. sp. Jardine 1850
Jardine 1850
Herpetichnus bucklandi n. sp. Jardine 1850
Jardine 1850
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland County:Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates: 55.2° North, 3.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.2° North, 13.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
10 m.y. bin:Permian 1-2
Key time interval:Cisuralian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Stewartry Formation:Corncockle Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,red sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Carruthers, H. Duncan Collection dates:1813–1814, 1824, 1827
Metadata
Also known as:Corncockle Muir, Dumfries, Annandale
Database number:174685
Authorizer:M. Carrano, A. Dunhill Enterer:M. Carrano, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-11-24 10:24:48 Last modified:2022-10-13 13:17:37
Access level:the public Released:2015-11-24 10:24:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63086. H. Girard. 1846. Über die Fährten vorweltlicher Thiere im Sandstein, insbesondere von Chirotherium [On the tracks of prehistoric animals in sandstone, especially Chirotherium]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1846:1-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

64174 W. Buckland. 1858. The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as Manifested in the Creation. Treatise IV. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology. 3rd Edition 1:lxxxiii-542 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
57076 R. Harkness. 1850. On the position of the impressions of footsteps in the Bunter Sandstone of Dumfries-shire. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2 6(33):203-208 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
57077 W. Jardine. 1850. Note to Mr. Harkness's paper on "The position of the impressions of footsteps in the Bunter Sandstone of Dumfries-shire". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2 6(33):208-209 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
67283 P. J. McKeever and H. Haubold. 1996. Reclassification of Vertebrate Trackways from the Permian of Scotland and Related Forms from Arizona and Germany. Journal of Paleontology 70(6):1011-1022 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
69415 H. v. Meyer and T. Plieninger. 1844. Beiträge zur Paläontologie Württemberg’s, enthaltend die Fossilen Wirbelthierreste aus den Triasgebilden mit Besonderer Rücksicht auf die Labyrinthodonten des Keupers [Contributions to the Paleontology of Württemberg, Including the Fossil Vertebrate Remains from the Triassic Formations with Special Regard to the Labyrinthodonts of the Keupers] 1-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14071ETE R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82858 W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1974. A history and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British Isles. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 16:265-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68227 T. C. Winkler. 1886. Histoire de l’Ichnologie. Étude Ichnologique sur les Empreintes de Pas d’Animaux Fossiles, Suivie de la Description des Plaques à Impressions d’Animaux qui se Trouvent au Musée Teyler [History of Ichnology. Ichnological Study of Fossil Animal Footprints, Followed by the Description of Slabs with Animal Impressions found in Teyler’s Museum] iv-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]