Where: United Kingdom (58.5° N, 3.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 12.9° S, 24.0° W (Wright 2013)

When: Spital Flagstone Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Stratigraphically, the Banniskirk Quarry lies ‘about 120–150 m above the Achanarras band'

•(Miles and Westoll, 1963), which is in the Latheron Subgroup of the Upper Caithness Flagstone Group, and in Faunal Zone 4 (Donovan et al., 1974), at the boundary between the Eifelian and Givetian (Spittal Beds sensu Miles and Westoll, 1963). It is roughly equivalent in age to the beds exposed at Spittal Quarry, though probably a little younger, but is of different lithology. Exposure is very poor in the drift-covered inland area of Caithness, so the stratigraphical relationships between Banniskirk, Spittal and Achanarras Quarries are elusive

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Dineley and S. Metcalf. 1999. Mid Devonian fossil fishes sites of Scotland. Fossil Fishes of Great Britain 169-222more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 238518: authorized by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland, entered by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland on 28.01.2025

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