Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.7° N, 3.9° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 15.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Slot Burn Formation (Waterhead Group), Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)
• "Ludlovian (possibly Wenlockian)"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; shale
Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26896: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 07.11.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 | |
Malacostraca | |
Euchelicerata | |
Lanarkopterus dolichoschelus eurypterid | |
Hughmilleria sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1951 eurypterid | |
Brachyopterella ritchiei eurypterid | |
Stylonurella spiniceps eurypterid
Parastylonurus ornatus Laurie 1892 eurypterid | |
Thelodus sp. Agassiz 1839 | |
Pteraspidomorpha | |
Petromyzontida | |
Ateleaspis sp. Traquair 1889 | |