Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 16.1° S, 23.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Mulloch Hill Formation (Mulloch Hill Group), Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Mulloch Hill Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: "lower Llandovery" in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Gray; reposited in the BMNH
• COLLECTOR: "Gray"?. REPOSITORY: BMNH.
Primary reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1997. The early phylogeny of the Class Bivalvia. Palaeontology 40(3):713-746 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123138: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Alytodonta gibbosa n. sp.
Alytodonta gibbosa n. sp. Cope 1997 clam |