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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
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Pseudarchaeoctonus denticulatus n. gen. n. sp.3
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Euchelicerata | |
"Lepidoderma perornatus" = Adelophthalmus perornatus6
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Chondrenchelys problematica n. gen. n. sp.
Chondrenchelys problematica n. gen. n. sp. Traquair 1888 chimaera | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Mesopoma macrocephallum1, Mesopoma crassum1, "Rhadinichthys fusiformis" = Mesopoma fusiforme1, Mesopoma pulchellum1, Mesopoma politum1
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Coelacanthimorpha | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Proteurynotus traquairi1 Moy-Thomas and Bradley Dyne 1938
Cheirodopsis geikiei5 Traquair 1881 | |
Styracopterus fulcratus1 Traquair 1881 | |
Phanerosteon mirabile1 Traquair 1881 | |
Paramesolepis rhombus1 Traquair 1890
Paramesolepis tuberculata1 Moy-Thomas and Bradley Dyne 1938
Platysomus superbus1 Traquair 1881 | |
Rhadinichthys sp.4, "Rhadinichthys canobiensis" = Rhadinichthys canobiensis1, "Rhadinichthys elegantulus" = Rhadinichthys canobiensis2, Rhadinichthys formosus1, Rhadinichthys macconochii1, Rhadinichthys tuberculatus1
"Rhadinichthys canobiensis" = Rhadinichthys canobiensis1 Traquair 1909
Rhadinichthys formosus1 Traquair 1904
Rhadinichthys macconochii1 Traquair 1881
Rhadinichthys tuberculatus1 Traquair 1881 | |
Holurus parki1, Cycloptychius concentricus1, Canobius ramseyi1, Canobius sp.4, Canobius elegantulus1
Holurus parki1 Traquair 1881
Cycloptychius concentricus1 Traquair 1881
Canobius sp.4 Traquair 1881
Canobius elegantulus1 Traquair 1881 | |
Tarrasius problematicus1 Traquair 1881 | |
Gnathostomata | |
Megalichthys sp.1 Agassiz 1835 |