Dalkeith Quarry (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as near Dalkeith, outside Edinburgh

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.9° N, 3.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 5.2° E)

When: Limestone coal Formation (Scottish Coal Measures Group), Pendleian (330.9 - 327.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

• NHMUK, NMS

Primary reference: S. Henderson, E. M. Dunne, S. A. Fasey and S. Giles. 2023. The early diversification of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects. Biological Reviews 98:284-315 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230373: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 13.06.2023

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys ornatissimus Agassiz 1835
NMS 1859.33? (Hugh Miller collection number F.555)
 Palaeoniscimorpha -
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus Gistel 1848
NHMUK P.6561; NMS 1873.6