Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.8° N, 3.9° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 5.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Virtuewell Coal Shale Member (Middle Coal Measures Formation), Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Henderson, E. M. Dunne, S. A. Fasey and S. Giles. 2023. The early diversification of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects. Biological Reviews 98:284-315 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230418: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 19.06.2023

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