List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lethiscidae
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Lethiscus stocki n. gen., n. sp.
Wellstead 1982
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Wellstead 1982 | |||||||||
| MCZ 2185 skull and postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Rhadinichthyidae
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Rhadinichthys brevis
Traquair 1877
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH P.845 (Wardie) | ||||||||||
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Rhadinichthys ornatissimus
(Agassiz 1835)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH P.1000 | ||||||||||
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Rhadinichthys carinatus
(Agassiz 1835)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH P.844 (Wardie) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 56.0° North, 3.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.2° South, 0.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Calciferous Sandstones. Lower Oil-Shale Group (Holkerian-Asbian) of the Lower Carboniferous Calciferous Sandstone Measures | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified carbonaceous "shale" |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: They are largely non-marine and were apparently deposited in a large freshwater or brackish lake extending into West Lothian and Fife and as far as the Pentland Hills. This lake, however, was subject to a periodic marine influence from the east, which became more manifest through time. Marine fossils in the Edinburgh district are confined to thin bands only. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH,MCZ |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Granton, near Edinburgh (BMNH) | ||
| Database number: | 140937 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, R. Butler | Enterer: | P. Vazquez, E. Dunne |
| Modifier: | E. Dunne | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-19 13:49:56 | Last modified: | 2016-01-13 08:44:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-19 13:49:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38758. | A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2 [W. Dahdul/B. Frable ] |
Secondary references:
| 56770 | C. F. Wellstead. 1982. A Lower Carboniferous Aistopod Amphibian from Scotland. Palaeontology 25(1):193-208 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] |