PBDB Collection

Burnmouth Ross end shore exposure (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.9° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 1.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ballagan Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• "340.6m above the base of the Ballagan Formation. Mid-Tournaisian"

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; siltstone

• "Aytonerpeton occurred within an overlying black sandy siltstone with abundant plant material."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Clack, C. E. Bennett, D. K. Carpenter, S. J. Davies, N. C. Fraser, T. I. Kearsey, J. E. A. Marshall, D. Millward, B. K. A. Otoo, E. J. Reeves, A. J. Ross, M. Ruta, K. Z. Smithson, T. R. Smithson, and S. A. Walsh. 2016. Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1(0002) [R. Butler/E. Dunne/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183474: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 26.12.2016, edited by Bryan Gee

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
Dipnoi -	cf. Ballagadus caustrimi cf. Ballagadus caustrimi Smithson et al. 2016 lungfish UMZC 2015.46a-f (skeletal fragments)
Tetrapoda -	Aytonerpeton microps n. gen. n. sp. Aytonerpeton microps n. gen. n. sp. Clack et al. 2016 tetrapod UMZC 2015.46b. (Holotype) Partial skull and scattered post crania visible only in microCT scan.