East Kirkton Quarry (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as East Kirkton Limestone

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.9° N, 3.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 0.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bathgate Hills Volcanic Formation, Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• Bed 82’ East Kirkton Limestone

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Clack. 2011. A new Microsaur from the Early Carboniferous (Visean) of East Kirkton Scotland, showing soft tissue evidence. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:1-11 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174420: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 12.11.2015, edited by Roy Plotnick

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Taxonomic list

Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Hibbertopteridae
Hibbertopterus scouleri3 Hibbert 1831 eurypterid
Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda -
Kirktonecta milnerae n. gen. n. sp., Eldeceeon rolfei n. gen. n. sp.2
Kirktonecta milnerae n. gen. n. sp. Clack 2011 tetrapod
UMZC 2002 a and b almost complete skeleton in part and counterpart slabs
Eldeceeon rolfei n. gen. n. sp.2 Smithson 1993 tetrapod
NMS G 1986.39.1 (part and counterpart) of skeleton
 Baphetoidea -
Eucritta melanolimnetes n. gen. n. sp.1
Eucritta melanolimnetes n. gen. n. sp.1 Clack 1998 tetrapod
UMZC T1347a and b; an almost complete articulated individual of skull