Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.6° N, 5.7° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 0.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Diabaig Formation (Torridonian Group), Tonian (1000.0 - 850.0 Ma)

• 60 m stratigraphically above the base of first shale exposure along the beach. GPS reading: NG 79642 60164. Torridonian sequence

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. K. Strother, M. D. Brasier, D. Wacey, L. Timpe, M. Saunders and C. H. Wellman. 2021. A possible billion-year-old holozoan with differentiated multicellularity. Current Biology 31:2658-2665 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 233746: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.02.2024

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