Hurlet Alum Shale, Hurlet: Brigantian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepididae
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Acrolepis hopkinsi
M'Coy 1848
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| NMS 1984.78.2 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Renfrewshire |
| Coordinates: | 55.8° North, 4.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.2° South, 1.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Brigantian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 336.3 - 330.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Clackmannan | Formation: | Lower Limestone | Member: | Hurlet Alum Shale |
| Stratigraphy comments: Underlies Hurlet limestone member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: NMS | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 230387 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Dunne | Enterer: | S. Fasey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-06-13 11:12:59 | Last modified: | 2023-06-13 11:12:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-06-13 11:12:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 84604. | S. Henderson, E. M. Dunne, S. A. Fasey and S. Giles. 2023. The early diversification of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects. Biological Reviews 98:284-315 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |