Colinton (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.9° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 0.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wardie Shales ? Member (Gullane ? Formation), Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• Specimen lacking stratigraphic information

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; nodular ironstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Primary reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1967. Further notes on Palaeoniscoid fishes with a classification of the Chondrostei. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 14(5):143-206 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229837: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 03.04.2023

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Nematoptychius greenocki Traquair 1866
NMS 1876.7.4c
Gonatodus punctatus Agassiz 1835
NHM P.11704
 Palaeoniscimorpha -
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus Gistel 1848
NHMUK P.11672