Fossil specimen : BGS GSE3874 –
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Naiadites aff obesus - juv? (Etheridge R jun) |
| Type Status | |
| Name History | Naiadites aff obesus - juv? (Etheridge R jun) Anthracoptera papyracea (Etheridge R jun) |
| Registration No. | GSE3874 |
|---|---|
| Collector | No name given. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | Calciferous Sandstone Series - Oil Shale Group - Zone B? |
| Country | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Railway cutting - Water of Leith - Midlothian. Sheet 32. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Strathclyde Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Brigantian Substage (Carboniferous Period) – Chadian Substage (Carboniferous Period) (329 – 346.7 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Visean Age – Tournaisian Age ] |
| References | Hind W 1894 6 Mon Pal Soc plxvi.,fig20 Trueman & Weir 1956 Mon Pal Soc Part IX plxxxi.,fig43 |
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