Glencartholm, Eskdale (BMNH collection) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.1° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.2° S, 0.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Glencartholm Volcanic Beds Formation (Upper Border Group), Arundian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• "Visean C2S1" (= Arundian)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153558: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.12.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Scorpiones - Loboarchaeoctonidae
Loboarchaeoctonus squamosus n. gen. n. sp., Loboarchaeoctonus squamosus
Loboarchaeoctonus squamosus n. gen. n. sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion
BMNH I.988
Loboarchaeoctonus squamosus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion
BMNH In.12848/9
 Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae
? Trachyscorpio sp.
? Trachyscorpio sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion
BMNH In. 39765
 Scorpiones - Centromachidae
Anthracochaerilus palustris n. gen. n. sp.
Anthracochaerilus palustris n. gen. n. sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion
BMNH In.39764