Mumbie quarry, top fish bed (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.1° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 0.6° E)

When: Glencartholm volcanic Member (Tyne limestone Formation), Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• c. 12-13m above base of Glencartholm volcanic member

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified mudstone

• The top fish bed is a sequence of mudstones, 1 m thick, lying between levels 12 and 13 [metres above base of member].

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. Wood

Primary reference: M. Wood. 2018. Glencartholm revisited: describing for the first time Stan Wood's discovery and excavation of Mumbie Quarry, adjacent to the important Palaeozoic fossil site of Glencartholm. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 108(1):47-54 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230308: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 08.06.2023, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Phanerosteonoidei - Phanerosteonidae
Phanerosteon mirabile
Phanerosteon mirabile Traquair 1881
 Tarrasiiformes -
Tarrasius problematicus
 Eurynotiformes - Amphicentridae
Cheirodopsis geikiei, Proteurynotus traquairi
Cheirodopsis geikiei Traquair 1881
Proteurynotus traquairi Moy-Thomas and Bradley Dyne 1938
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Paramesolepis rhombus, Platysomus superbus
Paramesolepis rhombus Traquair 1890
Platysomus superbus Traquair 1881
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Cycloptychius concentricus, Canobius sp., Canobius ramsayi, Canobius elegantulus
Canobius sp. Traquair 1881
Canobius ramsayi Traquair 1881
Canobius elegantulus Traquair 1881
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys sp., "Rhadinichthys macconochiei" = Rhadinichthys macconochii, Rhadinichthys canobiensis
Rhadinichthys sp. Traquair 1877
"Rhadinichthys macconochiei" = Rhadinichthys macconochii Traquair 1881
 Palaeonisciformes - Cosmoptychiidae
"Elonichthys striatus" = Cosmoptychius striatus
"Elonichthys striatus" = Cosmoptychius striatus Agassiz 1835
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys sp., Elonichthys pulcherrimus, Elonichthys serratus
Elonichthys sp. Giebel 1848 ray-finned fish
Elonichthys pulcherrimus Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
Elonichthys serratus Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
 Actinopterygii -
Mesopoma crissum, Mesopoma sp., "Rhadinichthys fusiformis" = Mesopoma fusiforme, Mesopoma politum, Mesopoma pulchellum
Mesopoma crissum ray-finned fish
Mesopoma sp. R. H. Traquair 1890 ray-finned fish
"Rhadinichthys fusiformis" = Mesopoma fusiforme Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
Mesopoma politum Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
Mesopoma pulchellum Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish