Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.9° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 1.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ballagan Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)
• "340.6m above the base of the Ballagan Formation. Mid-Tournaisian"
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Clack, C. E. Bennett, D. K. Carpenter, S. J. Davies, N. C. Fraser, T. I. Kearsey, J. E. A. Marshall, D. Millward, B. K. A. Otoo, E. J. Reeves, A. J. Ross, M. Ruta, K. Z. Smithson, T. R. Smithson, and S. A. Walsh. 2016. Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1(0002) [R. Butler/E. Dunne/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 183474: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 26.12.2016, edited by Bryan Gee
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aytonerpeton microps n. gen. n. sp.
Aytonerpeton microps n. gen. n. sp. Clack et al. 2016 tetrapod UMZC 2015.46b. (Holotype) Partial skull and scattered post crania visible only in microCT scan.
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