Gilmerton (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (55.9° N, 3.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 2.6° E)

When: Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences)

Primary reference: F. M'Coy. 1855. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils.Fasciculus 3, Mollusca and Palaeozoic fishes. British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology 407-666 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132778: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 27.08.2012, edited by Emma Dunne

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Baphetoidea - Baphetidae
Loxomma allmanni n. gen. n. sp.1
Loxomma allmanni n. gen. n. sp.1 Huxley 1862 tetrapod
NMS G.1959.56.2 (type) posterior portion of skull roof
 Tetrapoda - Colosteidae
Pholidogaster pisciformis1 Huxley 1862 tetrapod
Skeleton at Edinburgh Museum
 Tetrapoda -
Doragnathus woodi2 Smithson 1980 tetrapod
RSM 1859.33.104 right side of skull
Chondrichthyes
 Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae
Rhizodus gracilis M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Rhizodus hibberti Agassiz 1843 chimaera