Glencartholm: Visean, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Sphenopteridae
Spathulopteris decomposita
Spathulopteris obovata Lindley and Hutton 1923
Sphenopteris bifida
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Archaeocalamitaceae
Pothocites grantoni
unclassified
Rhacopteris lindsaeformis
Rhacopteris geikiei
Eskdalia minuta Kidston 1903
Cardiopteridium nanum
Sphenopteridium pachyrrachis
Sphenopteridium macconochiei
? Sphenopteridium crassum
Rhodeopteridium machanekii
Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodites stockii
unclassified
Stigmaria ficoides Sternberg 1822
Carpolithes sp. Schlotheim 1820
Sphenopsida
Archaeocalamites radiatus Brongniart 1875
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendron veltheimianum
Lepidostrobophyllum lanceolatum
Lepidostrobophyllum fimbriatum
Coniferales
Lepidostrobus ornatus Brongniart 1828
unclassified
Bythotrepis acicularis
Bythotrepis plumosa
Bythotrepis simplex
Bythotrepis scotica
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Gigantoscorpionidae
Gigantoscorpio willsi n. gen., n. sp. Stormer 1963
Jeram 1994 1 specimen
BMNH In. 42706a, 43706b, 42707 (holotype and only specimen, a single, partially preserved large scorpion)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Centromachidae
Centromachus euglyptus n. gen., n. sp. (Peach 1883)
Jeram 1994 1 specimen
GSE 2142, type and only specimen; first reported by Peach 1881
Acanthracochaerilus palustris n. gen., n. sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Jeram 1994 1 specimen
BMNH In. 39764 (holotype and onyl known specimen: juvenile scorpion) first reported by Kjellesvig-Waering 1986)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae
Eskiscorpio parvus n. gen., n. sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Jeram 1994 1 specimen
GSE 2139
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland County:Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates: 55.0° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.1° South, 0.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Mississippian
Stage: Visean 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 2
Key time interval: Visean
Age range of interval: 346.7 - 330.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Upper Border Formation:Glencartholm Volcanic
Stratigraphy comments: Neuropteris antecdens Zone. Foraminifera from the sequence suggest a position near the Holkerian-Asbian boundary (George et al. 1976)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: tuff
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Geology comments: The plant fossils occur in the Glencartholm Volcanic Group, a sequence of tuffs, shales, and sandstones near the base of the Upper Border Group (Lumsden et al. 1967). They are interpreted as shallow marine or lagoonal deposits.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:34471
Authorizer:H. Sims, R. Benson Enterer:A. McGowan, R. Benson, J. Cassara
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-09-02 11:33:44 Last modified:2018-11-20 09:51:38
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-02 11:33:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3949. 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]

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]
82639 L. C. Sallan and M. I. Coates. 2013. Styracopterid (Actinopterygii) ontogeny and the multiple origins of post-Hangenberg deep-bodied fishes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169:156-199 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]