Glencartholm, Eskdale: Arundian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Onychoselache traquairi
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
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Goodrichthys eskdalensis
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Sphenacanthidae
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Sphenacanthus costellatus
(Traquair 1884)
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Acanthodiformes
- Acanthodidae
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Acanthodes nitidus
Woodward 1891
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Chondrichthyes
- Menaspiformes
- Deltoptychiidae
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Deltoptychius armigerus
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Chondrichthyes
- Chondrenchelyiformes
- Chondrenchelyidae
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Chondrenchelys problematica n. gen., n. sp.
Traquair 1888
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Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Petalodontidae
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Antliodus scoticus
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Elonichthyiformes
- Elonichthyidae
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Elonichthys serratus
Traquair 1881
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Elonichthys pulcherrimus
Traquair 1881
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepididae
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Acrolepis ortholepis
(Traquair 1884)
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Elonichthys ortholepis | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Mesopoma macrocephallum
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Mesopoma crassum
Moy-Thomas 1938
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Mesopoma pulchellum
Traquair 1881
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Rhadinichthys fusiformis
Traquair 1881
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mesopoma fusiforme | ||||||||||
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Mesopoma politum
Traquair 1881
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Palaeoniscidae
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Cycloptychius concentricus
Traquair 1881
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Canobius ramseyi
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Canobius sp.
Traquair 1881
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Schram 1983 | |||||||||
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Canobius elegantulus
Traquair 1881
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Holurus parki
Traquair 1881
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Rhadinichthyidae
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Rhadinichthys sp.
Traquair 1877
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Schram 1983 | |||||||||
| "Rhadinichthyes sp." in text (misspelling) | ||||||||||
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Rhadinichthys canobiensis
Traquair 1909
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Rhadinichthys elegantulus
Traquair 1881
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Henderson et al. 2023 | |||||||||
| synonym of Rhadinichthys canobiensis | ||||||||||
| NHMUK P.4076 | ||||||||||
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Rhadinichthys tuberculatus
Traquair 1881
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Rhadinichthys formosus
Traquair 1904
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Rhadinichthys macconochii
Traquair 1881
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Palaeonisciformes
- Platysomidae
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Platysomus superbus
Traquair 1881
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Paramesolepis tuberculata
Moy-Thomas and Bradley Dyne 1938
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Paramesolepis rhombus
(Traquair 1890)
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Phanerosteonidae
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Phanerosteon mirabile
Traquair 1881
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Tarrasiiformes
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Tarrasius problematicus
Traquair 1881
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Eurynotiformes
- Amphicentridae
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Cheirodopsis geikei
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= Cheirodopsis geikiei
Traquair 1881
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Schultze et al. 2021 | |||||||||
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Proteurynotus traquairi
Moy-Thomas and Bradley Dyne 1938
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Eurynotiformes
- Styracopteridae
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Styracopterus fulcratus
(Traquair 1881)
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| original and current combination Holurus fulcratus | ||||||||||
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Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
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Dumfregia huxleyi
(Traquair 1881)
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unclassified
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Strepsodus sauroides
(Binney 1841)
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Dineley and Metcalfe 1999 | |||||||||
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Crossopterygii
- Osteolepidae
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Megalichthys sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Arachnida
- Scorpiones
- Proscorpiidae
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Pseudarchaeoctonus denticulatus n. gen., n. sp.
Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| GSE 2038 | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Scorpiones
- Gigantoscorpionidae
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Gigantoscorpio willsi
Stormer 1963
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Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| GSE 2134, 2137, 2174 | ||||||||||
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Eurypterida
- Mycteropidae
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Woodwardopterus scabrosus
(Woodward 1887)
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Waterston 1957 | |||||||||
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Eurypterida
- Adelophthalmidae
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Lepidoderma perornatus
(Peach 1882)
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Waterston 1957 | |||||||||
| recombined as Adelophthalmus perornatus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Coordinates: | 55.2° North, 3.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.1° South, 0.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Arundian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 346.70000 - 340.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Upper Border | Formation: | Glencartholm Volcanic Beds | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Visean C2S1" (= Arundian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "carbonate" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: IGS Edinburgh and and Royal Scottish Museum collections | |
| Taxonomic list comments:apparently not the same as collection 34471, which has a very different coordinate tied to the River Esk | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90682 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Clapham, L. Sallan, R. Plotnick, J. Flannery-Sutherland, E. Dunne | Enterer: | J. Alroy, S. Fasey, L. Sallan, M. Clapham, R. Plotnick, J. Flannery-Sutherland |
| Modifier: | R. Plotnick | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-08-12 11:40:25 | Last modified: | 2023-11-22 12:01:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-08-12 11:40:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30512. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 43762 | D. Dineley and S. Metcalfe. 1999. Fossil Fishes of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series 16 [L. Sallan/L. Sallan] | |
| 84604 | S. Henderson, E. M. Dunne, S. A. Fasey and S. Giles. 2023. The early diversification of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects. Biological Reviews 98:284-315 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 49610 | E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 84980 | F. R. Schram. 1983. Lower Carboniferous biota of Glencartholm, Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. Scottish Journal of Geology 19:1-15 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey] | |
| 81631 | H.-P. Schultze, K. E. Mickle, C. Poplin, E. J. Hilton, and L. Grande. 2021. Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Volume 8A: Actinopterygii I. [E. Dunne/S. Fasey] | |
| 81522 | C. D. Waterston. 1957. The Scottish Carboniferous Eurypterida. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(1):265-288 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick] |