Midland Valley Eurypterids (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Dundee Formation, Midland Valley, Scotland

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.0° N, 4.0° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 10.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Dundee Flagstone Formation (Arbuthnott Group), Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• "Lochkovian or Pragian"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray sandstone and calcareous shale

• "Nonmarine, possibly lacustrine"
• "Thin-bedded sandstone (flags), and laminated calcareous shale, plus volcanics"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. J. Braddy. 2000. Eurypterids from the Early Devonian of the Midland Valley of Scotland . Scottish Journal of Geology 36:115-122 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26908: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Petromyzontida
 Cephalaspidiformes - Cephalaspidae
Cephalaspis sp.
Cephalaspis sp. Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes
 Acanthodiformes -
Mesacanthus sp.
Mesacanthus sp. Traquair 1888 spiny fish
 Ischnacanthiformes -
Ischnacanthus sp.
Ischnacanthus sp. Powrie 1864 spiny fish
 Climatiiformes - Climatiidae
Climatius sp.
Climatius sp. Agassiz 1845 spiny fish
 Thelodontida - Coelolepidae
Turinia sp.
Turinia sp. Traquair 1896
Myriapoda
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Myriapoda indet.
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Hardieopteridae
"Tarsopterella scotica" = Tarsopterella scotica, "Erieopterus brewsteri" = Tarsopterella scotica
"Tarsopterella scotica" = Tarsopterella scotica Woodward 1872 eurypterid
"Erieopterus brewsteri" = Tarsopterella scotica Woodward 1872 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Stylonuridae
"Stylonurus powriensis" = Stylonurus powriensis, "? Stylonurus ensiformis" = Stylonurus powriensis, Pagea sturrocki
"Stylonurus powriensis" = Stylonurus powriensis Page 1856 eurypterid
"? Stylonurus ensiformis" = Stylonurus powriensis Page 1856 eurypterid
Pagea sturrocki Waterston 1962 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
"Pterygotus anglicus" = Pterygotus anglicus, "Pterygotus minor" = Pterygotus anglicus
"Pterygotus anglicus" = Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz 1844 eurypterid
"Pterygotus minor" = Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz 1844 eurypterid