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

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.1° N, 3.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.0° S, 8.5° W (Wright 2013)

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

• 10cm band, c. 5m above base of Glencartholm volcanic member

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified limestone

• "alternating bands of limestone"

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 230310: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 08.06.2023

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Taxonomic list

• "Due to the overlying rocks, the bottom fish bed was the least accessible and little could be collected."
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Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys pulcherimus
Elonichthys pulcherimus ray-finned fish
 Actinopterygii -
Mesopoma politum, Mesopoma pulchellum
Mesopoma politum Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
Mesopoma pulchellum Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys canobiensis
 Phanerosteonoidei - Phanerosteonidae
Phanerosteon mirabile
Phanerosteon mirabile Traquair 1881