Pow Burn near Farnell (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (56.7° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 23.7° S, 4.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)

• PJW: was just Arbuthnott group, but this is now Arbuthnott-Garvock.

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• None given, this is based on A. McGowan's general knowledge of the Arbuthnott Group rocks in the field.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

• Material also in National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh and Montrose Museum

Primary reference: M. J. Newman, R. G. Davidson, J. L. Den Blaauwen and C. J. Burrow. 2011. The Early Devonian Acanthodian Euthacanthus gracilis from the Midland Valley of Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 47:101-111 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181899: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 07.10.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
  - Euthacanthidae
Euthacanthus gracilis
Euthacanthus gracilis Powrie 1870 spiny fish
Syntype NMS G.1891.92.242 with counterpart NHM P.6974 and NMS G.1891.92.243