Willie’s Hole Bed 3 (plant bed): Tournaisian, United Kingdom
collected by Stan Wood
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Myriapoda
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Chilognatha informal indet. 5
(Latreille 1802)
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Ross et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UMZC 2011.7.4a, b (WOOD G788A, B) | ||||||||||
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Archipolypoda informal indet. 2
(Scudder 1882)
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Ross et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NMS G. 2012.39.23 (WOOD G786A, B) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Mesanerpeton woodi n. gen., n. sp.
Smithson and Clack 2018
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMS G. 2012.39.13 (holotype), right clavicle, humerus and ulna, with a neural arch, centrum and rib, preserved on a single block of matrix | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Berwickshire |
| Coordinates: | 55.8° North, 2.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.4° South, 1.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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: Ballagan Formation, dated as Tournaisian, CM palynozone (Smithson et al. 2012; Clack et al. 2016) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray siltstone |
| Lithology description: Bed 3 is a laminated micaceous grey siltstone with abundant plant remains, exposed near the base of c.1 m thick sequence containing three distinct fossiliferous horizons. | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: "Perittodusapsconditus occurs within a 6cm thick laminated grey siltstone that contains a network of cracks filled with sandy siltstone identical to that of the overlying bed. Occurring within laminated siltstones, this may record an autochthonous lake dweller. Associated fossils comprise plants, actinopterygians, myriapods and ostracods. Koilops occurs within a unit comprising four beds of alternating black and green siltstone in which abundant palaeo sol clasts indicate erosion and transport of landsurface sediment during flooding events. ... An association between wetland palaeosols and tetrapod bearing facies has emerged from our studies, which is important because those horizons indicate a vegetated land surface." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Stan Wood |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Whiteadder Water near Chirnside | ||
| Database number: | 195401 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, M. Clapham | Enterer: | E. Dunne, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-08-07 07:46:10 | Last modified: | 2018-08-24 23:01:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-08-07 07:46:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66514. | T. R. Smithson and J. A. Clack. 2018. A new tetrapod from Romer’s Gap reveals an early adaptation for walking. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 108:89-97 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] |
Secondary references:
| 66369 | A. J. Ross, G. D. Edgecombe, N. D. Clark, C. E. Bennett, V. Carrió, R. Contreras-Izquierdo, and B. Crighton. 2018. A new terrestrial millipede fauna of earliest Carboniferous (Tournaisian) age from southeastern Scotland helps fill ‘Romer's Gap'. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh [C. Labandeira/S. Schachat/S. Schachat] |