Crangopsis bed, Ardross (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (56.2° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.7° S, 2.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: VF pollen zone, Lower Ardross Limestone Member (Pathhead Formation), Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained mudstone

• marine forms stranded in a saline lagoon

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: E. I. White. 1937. The Fishes of the “Crangopsis Bed” at Ardross, Fifeshire. Geological Magazine 74(9):411-428 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229842: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 03.04.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys carinatus
Rhadinichthys carinatus Agassiz 1835
NHMUK P.19246, P.20967
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Rhadinoniscus wrighti n. gen. n. sp.
Rhadinoniscus wrighti n. gen. n. sp. White 1937
NHMUK P.19247, P.19248 (holotype, part and counterpart)
 Eurynotiformes - Amphicentridae
"Cheirodus crassus" = Amphicentrum crassum
"Cheirodus crassus" = Amphicentrum crassum Traquair 1890
NHMUK P.16160, P.20441, P.1170, six specimens in NMS
 Actinopterygii -
Mesopoma ardrossense n. sp.
Mesopoma ardrossense n. sp. Moy-Thomas 1938 ray-finned fish
As "Cf. Canobius politus" in White 1937; NHMUK P.22000 (holotype), P.22002-P.22004
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys robisoni
Elonichthys robisoni Hibbert 1835 ray-finned fish
NHMUK P.19245
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
"Elonichthys pectinatus" = Watsonichthys pectinatus
"Elonichthys pectinatus" = Watsonichthys pectinatus Traquair 1877 ray-finned fish
Chondrichthyes
 Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae
Acanthodes sulcatus
Acanthodes sulcatus Agassiz 1835 spiny fish