near Maghera/Draperstown, Londonderry: Tournaisian - Visean, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Whatcheeriidae
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Occidens portlocki n. gen., n. sp.
Clack and Ahlberg 2004
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| GSM 28498 lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Northern Ireland | County: | Derry |
| Coordinates: | 54.8° North, 6.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.3° South, 2.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Key time interval: | Tournaisian - Visean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: "Early-mid Carboniferous (probably late Tournisian or late Visean" (Clack & Ahlberg, 2004) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimen GSM 28498 (Geological Survey Museum) housed at the British Geological Survey (BGS), Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, UK | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 173986 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | E. Dunne |
| Modifier: | E. Dunne | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-10-22 09:32:40 | Last modified: | 2016-03-03 11:50:03 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-10-22 09:32:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56722. | J. A. Clack and P. E. Ahlberg. 2004. A new stem tetrapod from the Early Carboniferous of Northern Ireland. In G. Arratia, M. V. H. Wilson & R. Coutier (eds.), Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates 309-320 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] |