Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.0° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 0.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Glencartholm Volcanic Formation (Upper Border Group), Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)
• Neuropteris antecdens Zone. Foraminifera from the sequence suggest a position near the Holkerian-Asbian boundary (George et al. 1976)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; tuff and shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. J. Cleal and B. A. Thomas. 1995. Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series, Chapman & Hall: London. 9 [P. Gensel/M. Kotyk]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 34471: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Alistair McGowan on 02.09.2003, edited by Jason Cassara and Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Sphenopteridium | |
Eskdalia minuta | |
Eskdalia minuta Kidston 1903 | |
Rhacopteris | |
Cardiopteridium | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Lepidostrobus ornatus Brongniart 1828 | |
Stigmaria ficoides | |
Stigmaria ficoides Sternberg 1822 | |
Rhodeopteridium | |
Carpolithes | |
Carpolithes sp. Schlotheim 1820 | |
Sphenopsida | |
Archaeocalamites radiatus Brongniart 1875 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Lycopodites stockii clubmoss | |
Arachnida | |
Eskiscorpio parvus n. gen. n. sp.
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Gigantoscorpio willsi n. gen. n. sp.
Gigantoscorpio willsi n. gen. n. sp. Stormer 1963 scorpion BMNH In. 42706a, 43706b, 42707 (holotype and only specimen, a single, partially preserved large scorpion)
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Centromachus euglyptus n. gen. n. sp., Acanthracochaerilus palustris n. gen. n. sp.
Centromachus euglyptus n. gen. n. sp. Peach 1883 scorpion GSE 2142, type and only specimen; first reported by Peach 1881
Acanthracochaerilus palustris n. gen. n. sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion BMNH In. 39764 (holotype and onyl known specimen: juvenile scorpion) first reported by Kjellesvig-Waering 1986)
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