Crangopsis bed, Ardross: Brigantian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Mesopoma ardrossense n. sp.
Moy-Thomas 1938
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| As "Cf. Canobius politus" in White 1937; NHMUK P.22000 (holotype), P.22002-P.22004 | ||||||||||
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Elonichthyiformes
- Elonichthyidae
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Elonichthys robisoni
(Hibbert 1835)
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| NHMUK P.19245 | ||||||||||
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Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepidae
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Elonichthys pectinatus
Traquair 1877
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Palaeonisciformes
- Rhadinichthyidae
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Rhadinichthys carinatus
(Agassiz 1835)
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| NHMUK P.19246, P.20967 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Palaeoniscidae
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Rhadinoniscus wrighti n. gen., n. sp.
White 1937
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| NHMUK P.19247, P.19248 (holotype, part and counterpart) | ||||||||||
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Eurynotiformes
- Amphicentridae
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Cheirodus crassus
Traquair 1890
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| NHMUK P.16160, P.20441, P.1170, six specimens in NMS | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Acanthodiformes
- Acanthodidae
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Acanthodes sulcatus
Agassiz 1835
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Highland |
| Coordinates: | 56.2° North, 2.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.1° South, 4.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Brigantian | Pollen zone: | VF |
| Age range of interval: | 336.3 - 330.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Calciferous sandstone | Formation: | Pathhead | Member: | Lower Ardross Limestone |
| Local section: | Crangopsis | Local bed: | Crangopsis |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine lithified mudstone |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: marine forms stranded in a saline lagoon | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 229842 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Dunne | Enterer: | S. Fasey |
| Modifier: | S. Fasey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-04-03 08:12:30 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-04-03 08:12:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 84294. | E. I. White. 1937. The Fishes of the “Crangopsis Bed” at Ardross, Fifeshire. Geological Magazine 74(9):411-428 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey] |