Burnmouth Ross end shore exposure: Tournaisian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Dipnoi
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cf. Ballagadus caustrimi
Smithson et al. 2016
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Otoo et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| UMZC 2015.46a-f (skeletal fragments) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Aytonerpeton microps n. gen., n. sp.
Clack et al. 2016
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UMZC 2015.46b. (Holotype) Partial skull and scattered post crania visible only in microCT scan. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 55.9° North, 2.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.2° 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "340.6m above the base of the Ballagan Formation. Mid-Tournaisian" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: "Aytonerpeton occurred within an overlying black sandy siltstone with abundant plant material." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 183474 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, B. Gee | Enterer: | E. Dunne, B. Gee |
| Modifier: | E. Dunne | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-12-26 11:02:55 | Last modified: | 2020-07-20 09:52:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-12-26 11:02:55 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 75637 | B. K. A. Otoo, J. A. Clack, T. R. Smithson, C. E. Bennett, T. I. Kearsey and M. I. Coates. 2018. A fish and tetrapod fauna from Romer's Gap preserved in Scottish Tournaisian floodplain deposits. Palaeontology 62(2):225-253 [B. Gee/B. Gee] |