Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.4° N, 6.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 2.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Scalpa Sandstone Formation, Davoei (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• "dislodged block 3m acrosss" assigned to the Davoei Zone and possibly Lataecosta Subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; bioturbated, micaceous, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, G. Crisp, and D. Pirrie. 2002. A new species of glypheoid lobster, Pseudoglyphea foersteri (Decapoda: Astacidea: Mecochiridae) from the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Raasay, Inner Hebrides, UK. Palaeontology 45(1):23-32 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37397: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aegoceras cf. brevilobatum Trueman 1919 ammonite | |
Malacostraca | |
Pseudoglyphea foersteri n. sp.
Pseudoglyphea foersteri n. sp. Feldmann 2002 decapod | |
unclassified | |
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