Burnmouth Ross end cliffs (373.95 m): Tournaisian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Diploradus austiumensis n. gen., n. sp. Clack et al. 2016
1 specimen
UMZC 2015.30. (Holotype) Small disrupted skull with lower jaw, palate and skull roofing bones. 373.95m above the base of the Ballagan Formation.
Perittodus apsconditus Clack et al. 2016
1 specimen
UMZC 2016.1. Isolated dentary and adsymphysial (in micro­CT scan). 373.95m above the base of the Ballagan Formation.
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Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland
Coordinates: 55.8° North, 2.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.3° South, 1.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Tournaisian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 1
Key time interval:Tournaisian
Age range of interval:358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ballagan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Mid­ Tournaisian."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified sandy siltstone
Secondary lithology: claystone
Lithology description: "Diploradus occurs in a 40 cm thick, bedded, black sandy siltstone that lies between pedogenically modified grey siltstones. Associated fossils comprise fish scales, abundant plant fragments, megaspores and shrimp and scorpion cuticle."
Environment:"floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:183473
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:E. Dunne
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-12-26 10:57:43 Last modified:2018-08-24 20:08:16
Access level:the public Released:2016-12-26 10:57:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61276. J. A. Clack, C. E. Bennett, D. K. Carpenter, S. J. Davies, N. C. Fraser, T. I. Kearsey, J. E. A. Marshall, D. Millward, B. K. A. Otoo, E. J. Reeves, A. J. Ross, M. Ruta, K. Z. Smithson, T. R. Smithson, and S. A. Walsh. 2016. Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1(0002) [R. Butler/E. Dunne/P. Wagner]