Also known as Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Cowie Formation, Stonehaven, Scotland
Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.0° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 17.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cowie Formation (Stonehaven Group), Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• "Late Wenlock to Early Ludlow (Marshall 1991 [Geol. Mag.128:283])." PJW: Suarez et al. (2017) found that the fossiliferous beds from this unit are Early Devonian in age. But Wellman et al. 2023 plaed it the Late Wenlock
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray shale and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C.H. Wellman, G. Lopes, Z. McKellar and A. Hartley. 2023. Age of the basal ‘Lower Old Red Sandstone’ Stonehaven Group of Scotland: The oldest reported air-breathing land animal is Silurian (late Wenlock) in age. Journal of the Geological Society [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26907: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002, edited by Roy Plotnick
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Hemiteleaspis heintzi, Ambitisporites avitus, Ambitisporites dilutus, Synorisporites spp., Archaeozonotriletes chulus, Hispanaediscus lamontii, Cymbosporites sp., Laevolancis divellomedium, Laevolancis plicata, Artemopyra brevicosta, Artemopyra sp., Hispanaediscus verrucatus, Hispanaediscus wenlockensis, Dyadospora murusattenuata, Dyadospora murusdensa, Pseudodyadospora petasus, Cheilotetras caledonica, Tetrahedraletes medinensis
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Pteraspidomorpha | |
Traquairaspis campbelli Traquair 1913 | |
Anaspida | |
Myriapoda | |
Albadesmus almondi Wilson and Anderson 2004 millipede | |
Cowiedesmus eroticopodus Wilson and Anderson 2004 millipede | |
Pneumodesmus newmani Wilson and Anderson 2004 millipede | |
Malacostraca | |
Euchelicerata | |
Nanahughmilleria norvegica Kiaer 1911 eurypterid |