Glasgow (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Barren County, Kentucky (37.0° N, 85.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° S, 35.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• Leidy states the age as "sub-Carboniferous"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by J. M. Safford

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Remarks on ichthyorudiolites and on certain fossil Mammalia]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):12-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87058: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Asteracanthus siderius n. sp. Leidy 1870 elasmobranch