Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.3° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 22.4° S, 6.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dryden Flags Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)
• The Rhynie and Windyfield cherts found at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, both occurring in the Dryden Flags Formation (Rice et al. 2002), represent the surface expression of a metaliferous hydrothermal system that was active in the Rhynie area during the early Devonian (Pragian: Rice et al. 1995, 2002).
Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, stromatolitic, black, blue chert
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: permineralized, replaced with silica
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Repository: Westfälische Wilhems-Universität, Münster (Paläobotanik Münster)
Primary reference: J. A. Dunlop, L. I. Anderson, H. Kerp and H. Hass. 2004. A harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the Early Devonian Rhynie cherts, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 94:341-354 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153498: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.12.2013, edited by Sandra Schachat
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Eophalangium sheari n. gen. n. sp.
Eophalangium sheari n. gen. n. sp. Dunlop et al. 2004 harvestman PBM 3503, 3509, 3511, 3501-3502, 3504-3506
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Saccogulus seldeni n. gen. n. sp.1
Saccogulus seldeni n. gen. n. sp.1 Dunlop et al. 2006 | |
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Enoplea | |
Palaeonema phyticum n. gen. n. sp.3
Palaeonema phyticum n. gen. n. sp.3 Poinar et al. 2008 |