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Shore of Loch Slappin, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 57.2097,-6.02028 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Scotland |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Shore of Loch Slappin, Isle of Skye | Evans D.H. (2011) | Durness - Ben Suardal Limestone | Ben Suardal Limestone Formation, precise horizon uncertain. | "limestone" | 485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Endocerida order | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endocerida | 485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic |
Protocycloceras sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Protocycloceras | 485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic |
Rhabdiferoceras pertinens species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Baltoceratidae : Rhabdiferoceras : Rhabdiferoceras pertinens | 485.4 - 471.8 Ma Paleozoic |
References
Evans D.H. (2011) The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 165, 1-131 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!