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2017
Journal article
A new Mississippian tetrapod from Fife, Scotland, and its environmental context
The Visean stage of the Mississippian was a time of rapid tetrapod diversification which marks the earliest appearance of temnospondyls, microsaurs and the limbless aïstopods. Tetrapod finds from this stage are very rare and only a dozen sites are known worldwide. Here we announce the discovery of a new Visean...Smithson, Timothy R ; Browne, Michael A E ; Davies, Sarah J ; Marshall, John E A ; Millward, David …
Mississippian, tetrapod, Spathi- cephalidae., Visean, and Asbian
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2009
Journal article
First non-calcified dasycladalean alga from the Carboniferous.
A non-calcified dasycladalean alga is described from the Mississippian of Scotland. This occurrence constitutes the first Carboniferous record of non-calcified dasyclads. The fossils are preserved as carbonaceous remains within siderite nodules. Preservation of their delicate structure suggests that the algae were preserved in situ or experienced minimal transport from life...Anderson, Lyall I
Alga , Mississippian, Kingsbarns , Scotland, Uncatoella, Ageleodus, and Dasycladales