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Description: | From the Namurian, Pendlean [E1] of the Lower Carboniferous, Bearsden, Glasgow, Strathclyde Region, Scotland.
Fossil crustaceans, molluscs (orthocones, various nautiloids, bivalves), possible brachiopods, fish remains (including skull fragments), plant remains and coprolites of various sizes.
Identified genera of Crustacea (shrimps): Anthracophausia (most commonly identified genus), Palaeomysis (many prepared, high quality specimens), and Crangopsis.
Mostly Bed A material, some specimens from Beds B, C, and E. Includes large slabs of unidentified material. One specimen includes an oval concretion of quartz grains (now degraded).
This collection also includes several specimen peels and sections mounted in resin. Wood, S.P. 1982 Nature; Clark, N.D.L. 1989 PhD Thesis, Glasgow University; Coates, M. ?1988 PhD Thesis, Newcastle University; Clark, N.D.L. 1991 Scot. Geol. Soc. paper. From 1981-1982 Bearsden excavation in Manse Burn, on Baljaffray Estate, Glasgow, Scotland. Collected by Stanley P. Wood. | Subjects: | Palaeontology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | From 1981-1982 Bearsden excavation in Manse Burn, on Baljaffray Estate, Glasgow, Scotland. Collected by Stanley P. Wood. | Identifier: | H-146 |
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