The Fossil Insects of Scotland

Abstract

• Fossil insects are rare in Scotland, though those that are found are significant and are from four periods: Specimens from the Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert of Aberdeenshire are the oldest in the world; a few species are known from the Upper Carboniferous Coal Measures of Ayrshire and Fife; as yet undescribed specimens are known from the Middle Jurassic of Sutherland and the Isle of Skye and a variety of insects have been described from the Paleocene Ardtun Leaf Beds of the Isle of Mull.