Errol (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (56.4° N, 3.2° W: paleocoordinates 56.4° N, 3.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. Brown. 1867. On the Arctic shell-clay of Elie and Errol, viewed in connection with other glacial and more recent deposits. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 24(3):617-633 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 140360: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Mammalia | |
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aff. Phoca hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Natica groenlandica" = Euspira pallida
"Natica groenlandica" = Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 moon snail | |
"Pleurotoma sp." = Turris
"Pleurotoma sp." = Turris Röding 1798 turrid | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Dacrydium vitreum mussel | |
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Crenella nigra clam
Crenella laevigata clam | |
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Pecten groenlandicus scallop | |
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? Axinus sp. Sowerby 1821 clam | |
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"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella
"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella clam | |
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Nucula inflata Wissmann 1841 nut clam | |
"Leda (Yoldia) minuta" = Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta
"Leda (Yoldia) minuta" = Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta Müller 1776 pointed nut clam | |
"Yoldia hyperborea" = Yoldia (Yoldia) hyperborea
"Yoldia hyperborea" = Yoldia (Yoldia) hyperborea Gould 1841 clam | |
"Leda (Yoldia) truncata" = Portlandia arctica
"Leda (Yoldia) truncata" = Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam | |