Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.8° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 15.2° S, 21.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Deerhope Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)
• On surface of fallen block
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collection methods: Massive sandstone block, so photographs and rubbings were used to record these ichnofossils.
Primary reference: S. K. Donovan, F. E. Fearnhead, and E. N. K. Clarkson. 2009. The ichnofossils Gordia Emmons and Chondrites von Stenberg fron the Deerhope Formation, North Esk Inlier (Silurian, Llandovery). Scottish Journal of Geology 45:83-88 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184249: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 10.02.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gordia marina | |
"Gordia marina" = Helminthoidichnites marinus
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