James O. Buckman, Simon J. Cuthbert, Paul G. Polson
{"title":"Arthropleura trackway ( <i>Diplichnites cuithensis</i> ) from the Carboniferous, Serpukhovikan, Limestone Coal Formation, Clackmannan Group, Linn Park, Glasgow","authors":"James O. Buckman, Simon J. Cuthbert, Paul G. Polson","doi":"10.1144/sjg2021-019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2021-019","url":null,"abstract":"The Arthropleurid trackway Diplichnites cuithensis has previously been described from Scotland from the Upper Carboniferous Serpukhovikan Limestone Coal Formation on the Isle of Arran, and the Lower Carboniferous Visean Pittenweem and Anstruther Formations on the East Fife coast. Here we describe a new west coast single trackway from the Serpukhovikan Limestone Coal Formation of Glasgow's, Linn Park. The trackway occurs associated with simple horizontal burrows assignable to Planolites? , vertical openings of Arenicolites, examples of Taenidium barretti (formerly Beaconites barretti ), and irregular large scale bioturbation or possibly rootlet casts. The trace fossils and sedimentary structures (including trough cross-bedding and flaser bedding) indicate a fluvial sandbar or plain environment, possibly of estuarine origin, locally colonized by plants. Diplichnites cuithensis (and other Diplichnites species) commonly occur associated with the burrow Taenidium barretti . The latter is known to have been widespread globally throughout the Carboniferous, and is a common component of fluviatile sequences within the Lower Carboniferous succession of NW Ireland. This suggests that previously undocumented older Scottish Carboniferous examples of both Diplichnites ichnospecies and Taenidium barretti may also be present, assuming that suitable environments persisted and are currently adequately exposed.","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135634698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dipnoan diversity in the early Pennsylvanian of Scotland: new lungfish from the Lower Coal Measures of North Lanarkshire","authors":"Francis M. Elliott, T. Challands, T. Smithson","doi":"10.1144/sjg2023-006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2023-006","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Only two lungfish have been recorded in the Scottish Coal Measures in the past one hundred and fifty years:\u0000 Ctenodus\u0000 and\u0000 Sagenodus\u0000 . Here we describe a suite of new lungfish specimens collected from sites in the Scottish Central Coalfield that represent a least four taxa:\u0000 Sagenodus\u0000 ;\u0000 Conchopoma\u0000 ; and two new forms\u0000 Braccodus kerri\u0000 gen. et sp. nov and\u0000 Lanarkodus clarki\u0000 gen. et sp. nov. These are part of an extensive vertebrate fauna recently discovered in colliery waste from mining the Upper and Lower Drumgray Coal. These coals lie within the\u0000 Communis\u0000 Chronozone and are of Langsettian age. The specimens are much smaller than those found previously in the Scottish Coal Measures and represent fish between 60 and 300 mm long. The basihyal tooth plates of\u0000 Conchopoma\u0000 are the first record of this genus in the Pennsylvanian of Europe.\u0000 Lanarkodus clarki\u0000 has a heterodont dentition not previously described from the Pennsylvanian. All the new material is preserved in thin, laminated shales, suggesting a small lake environment rather than the typical coal swamp. These new discoveries demonstrate that Pennsylvanian lungfish were more diverse than previously realised and add to growing evidence that the rate of lungfish evolution did not decline significantly after the Devonian, and remained high throughout the Carboniferous.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the The Palaeontology of Scotland collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/palaeontology-of-scotland\u0000","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48803256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On a new species of\u0000 Rhizodopsis\u0000 from the Carboniferous of Scotland","authors":"Francis M. Elliott","doi":"10.1144/sjg2023-008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2023-008","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 A new species of\u0000 Rhizodopsis\u0000 is described from material recovered from several Carboniferous locations within the Midland Valley of Scotland. Individual dermal skull bones were obtained from derelict coal waste tips at Wester Bracco, North Lanarkshire from shales originally overlying the Drumgray Coal. Individual dermal skull bones are well preserved, allowing for detailed description and reconstructions of the skull roof and cheek.\u0000 Rhizodopsis rankini\u0000 sp. nov. is distinguished by the presence of a lobed opercular, a deeply embayed postparietal shield between the supratemporal and tabular bones, and enlarged lateral extrascapulars.\u0000 Rhizodopsis\u0000 is here included in the Megalichthyidae, and an emended diagnosis of the family is given. The composition of the genus\u0000 Rhizodopsis\u0000 is reviewed. Except for R\u0000 hizodopsis hanbuchi, Rhizodopsis rankini\u0000 and\u0000 Rhizodopsis sauroides\u0000 , all other species are based solely on scales. The validity of these scale-based species is reassessed and all but\u0000 Rhizodopsis granulatus\u0000 and\u0000 Rhizodopsis mazonius\u0000 are considered to be valid species.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the The Palaeontology of Scotland collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/palaeontology-of-scotland\u0000","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44934731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}