East Kirkton site (units 32-37: Little Cliff Shale member): Brigantian, United Kingdom
collected by S. P. Wood 1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Diploselache woodi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| 3 teeth | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Tristychiidae
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cf. Tristychius arcuatus
Agassiz 1837
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 complete and 6 fragmentary spines | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Scorpiones
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Archaeoctonoidea indet.
Petrunkevitch 1949
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Jeram 1994 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Scorpiones | ||||||||||
| Rare cuticle fragments (BELUM K17060, K17069) of pale yellow colour wiha distinctive V-shaped ornament. Setal follicles are sparse and very small | ||||||||||
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Orthosterni indet.
Pocock 1911
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Jeram 1994 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Orthosternina | ||||||||||
| Cuticle scrap, BELUM K17066-K17067: pale cuticle with distinctive rugose surface ornament consisting of very fine tubercles. Setal follicles sparse and small | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Scorpiones
- Centromachidae
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Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis
Jeram 1994
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Jeram 1994 | |||||||||
| Specimens with unspecified provenance or either Units 42-47 or the Little Cliff Shale Member: (NMS G 1992.38.1, 1990.78.2, 1987.7.136, 1987.7.8, 1990.78.1, 1985.4.67; BELUM K17061, K17062, K17502) [see also collection 131672] | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | West Lothian |
| Coordinates: | 56.0° North, 3.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.0° South, 2.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Brigantian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 336.30000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Upper Oil Shale | Formation: | East Kirkton Limestone | Member: | Little Cliff Shale |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: . radiometric intage_min. Bed 82 - bed "b"; lower part of Brigantian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | nodular ironstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Units 32-36 ... all shales containing bands of ironstone nodules and fossils are found in both lithologies | |
| Environment: | lacustrine - large |
| Geology comments: fresh water lake | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 66 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | S. P. Wood | Collection dates: | 1988 |
| Collection method comments: NMS (National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh), UMZC (University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge), and GLAHM (Hunerian Museum, Glasgow) collections | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 131671 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | ||
| Created: | 2012-07-27 20:08:55 | Last modified: | 2012-07-27 05:37:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-27 20:08:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42476. | R. L. Paton. 1994. Elasmobranch fishes from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84:329-330 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
| 42477 | A. J. Jeram. 1994. Scorpions from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland, with a revision of the infraorder Mesoscorpionina. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84:283-299 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |