Overton, Beith: Brigantian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepididae
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Acrolepis hopkinsi
M'Coy 1848
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NMS 1911.62.9791 | ||||||||||
Eurynotiformes
- Amphicentridae
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Amphicentrum granulosum
Young 1866
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NMS 1911.62.9805 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Ayrshire |
Coordinates: | 55.8° North, 4.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 2.3° South, 1.8° East | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
Formation: | Lower Limestone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | deltaic 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 |
Metadata
Database number: | 230425 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Dunne | Enterer: | S. Fasey | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2023-06-19 10:29:03 | Last modified: | 2023-06-19 10:29:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-06-19 10:29:03 |
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] |