Second Abden topozone 1 & 2, Second Abden Limestone, Fife: Brigantian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
? Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
fish remains - originally entered as "? Osteichthyes indet."
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Strophomenata - Productida
Strophomenida indet. Opik 1934
productids
    = Productida indet. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
Williams et al. 2000
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Eomarginifera sp. Muir-Wood 1930
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria sp. McCoy 1851
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Dunbarella sp. Newell 1938
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras sp. Girty 1912
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bucanopsis sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Soleniscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1860
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940
Gastropoda - Orthonematidae
Aclisina sp. de Koninck 1881
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Paraparchitidae
Paraparchites sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland
Coordinates: 56.2° North, 3.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.7° South, 2.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Mississippian
Stage: Visean 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 2
*Epoch:Visean
*International age/stage:Brigantian
Key time interval: Brigantian
Age range of interval: 336.3 - 330.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Second Abden Limestone
Stratigraphy comments: Brigantian age was shown by Brindley and Spinner 1989, Proc. Yorkshire Geol. Soc. 47:215-231.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:lagoonal
Geology comments: "Shale, very shallow, possibly brackish; BA1"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"L. Ferguson, 1962. The paleoecol. of a lower Carb. marine transgression. J. Paleo 36:1090-1107"
Metadata
Database number:565
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Sommers, M. Clapham
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:5748, 6325, 6326, 6327, 6328, 6329, 6330, 6331, 6332, 6333, 6334, 6335, 6336, 6337, 6338, 6339, 6340, 6341, 6342, 6343, 6344, 6347, 6348, 6349, 6350, 6352, 6353, 6354, 6356, 6357, 6358, 6359, 6360, 6361, 6362, 6363, 6364, 6365, 6366, 6367, 6368, 6369, 6370, 6371, 6372, 6373, 6374, 6375, 6376, 6377, 6378, 6379, 6380, 6381, 6382, 6383, 6391, 6392, 6393, 6394, 6395, 6396, 6397, 6398, 6399, 6400, 6401
Created:1999-01-14 17:17:18 Last modified:2017-01-04 16:46:25
Access level:the public Released:1999-01-14 17:17:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
353. L. Ferguson. 1962. The paleoecology of a Lower Carboniferous marine transgression. Journal of Paleontology 36:1090-1107 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

18078 A. Williams, S. J. Carlson, C. H. C. Brunton, L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, M. Mergl, J. R. Laurie, M. G. Bassett, L. R. M. Cocks, J.-Y. Rong, S. S. Lazarev, R. E. Grant, P. R. Racheboeuf, Y.-G. Jin, B. R. Wardlaw, D. A. T. Harper, and A. D. Wright and M. 2000. Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1-919 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]