Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.8° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 10.3° S, 1.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ballagan Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)
• "Mid Tournaisian."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithified, black, gray, sandy siltstone
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 195788: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.08.2018, edited by Bryan Gee
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ossirarus kierani n. gen. n. sp.
Ossirarus kierani n. gen. n. sp. Clack et al. 2016 tetrapod UMZC 2016.3. A single block containing scattered skull and postcranial remains. 340.5m above the base of the Ballagan Formation.
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Euchelicerata | |
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