Glencartholm, Eskdale (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 3.1° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 0.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Glencartholm Volcanic Beds Formation (Upper Border Group), Arundian (345.0 - 342.8 Ma)

• "Visean C2S1" (= Arundian)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, concretion

Collection methods: IGS Edinburgh and and Royal Scottish Museum collections

Primary reference: R. Lund. 1982. Harpagofututor volsellorhinus new genus and species (Chondrichthyes, Chondrenchelyiformes) from the Namurian Bear Gulch Limestone, Chondrenchelys problematica Traquair (Visean), and their sexual dimorphism. Journal of Paleontology 56(4):938-958 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90682: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.08.2009, edited by Lauren Sallan, Matthew Clapham, Sophie Fasey, Roy Plotnick and Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

• apparently not the same as collection 34471, which has a very different coordinate tied to the River Esk
Arachnida
 Scorpiones - Gigantoscorpionidae
Gigantoscorpio willsi3 Stormer 1963 scorpion
GSE 2134, 2137, 2174
 Scorpiones - Proscorpiidae
Pseudarchaeoctonus denticulatus n. gen. n. sp.3 Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion
GSE 2038
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
"Lepidoderma perornatus" = Adelophthalmus perornatus6
"Lepidoderma perornatus" = Adelophthalmus perornatus6 Peach 1882 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Mycteropidae
Woodwardopterus scabrosus6 Woodward 1887 eurypterid
Chondrichthyes
 Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae
Acanthodes nitidus1 Woodward 1891 spiny fish
 Euselachii - Sphenacanthidae
Sphenacanthus costellatus1 Traquair 1884 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes -
 Ctenacanthiformes -
 Menaspiformes - Deltoptychiidae
 Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae
Chondrenchelys problematica n. gen. n. sp. Traquair 1888 chimaera
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii -
Mesopoma macrocephallum1 ray-finned fish
Mesopoma crassum1 Moy-Thomas 1938 ray-finned fish
"Rhadinichthys fusiformis" = Mesopoma fusiforme1 Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
Mesopoma pulchellum1 Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
Mesopoma politum1 Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepididae
Acrolepis ortholepis1 Traquair 1884 ray-finned fish
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys serratus1 Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
Elonichthys pulcherrimus1 Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
 Rhizodontida -
Strepsodus sauroides1 Binney 1841 lobe-finned fish
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes -
Dumfregia huxleyi1 Traquair 1881 coelacanth
Osteichthyes
 Eurynotiformes - Amphicentridae
Proteurynotus traquairi1 Moy-Thomas and Bradley Dyne 1938
Cheirodopsis geikiei5 Traquair 1881
 Eurynotiformes - Styracopteridae
Styracopterus fulcratus1 Traquair 1881
 Phanerosteonoidei - Phanerosteonidae
Phanerosteon mirabile1 Traquair 1881
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Paramesolepis rhombus1 Traquair 1890
Paramesolepis tuberculata1 Moy-Thomas and Bradley Dyne 1938
Platysomus superbus1 Traquair 1881
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys sp.4 Traquair 1877
"Rhadinichthyes sp." in text (misspelling)
"Rhadinichthys canobiensis" = Rhadinichthys canobiensis1 Traquair 1909
"Rhadinichthys elegantulus" = Rhadinichthys canobiensis2 Traquair 1909
NHMUK P.4076
Rhadinichthys formosus1 Traquair 1904
Rhadinichthys macconochii1 Traquair 1881
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Holurus parki1 Traquair 1881
Canobius sp.4 Traquair 1881
Canobius elegantulus1 Traquair 1881
 Tarrasiiformes -
Tarrasius problematicus1 Traquair 1881
Gnathostomata
 Crossopterygii - Osteolepidae
Megalichthys sp.1 Agassiz 1835