10.5061/DRYAD.Q6CG2
Smithson, Timothy R.
University Museum of Zoology; Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EJ UK
Browne, Michael A. E.
British Geological Survey
Davies, Sarah J.
University of Leicester
Marshall, John E. A.
University of Southampton
Millward, David
British Geological Survey
Walsh, Stig A.
National Museum
Clack, Jennifer A.
University Museum of Zoology; Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EJ UK
Data from: A new Mississippian tetrapod from Fife, Scotland, and its
environmental context
Dryad
dataset
2018
Vallatisporites ciliaris (Luber) Sullivan 1964
Endosporites micromanifestus Hacquebard 1957
Convolutispora planimuricata Butterworth & Spinner 1967
Mississippian
Schulzospora camplyoptera (Waltz) Hoffmeister, Staplin & Malloy 1955
Tetrapod
Auroraspora solisorta Hoffmeister, Staplin & Malloy 1955
Verrucosisporites baccatus Staplin 1960
Knoxisporites triaradiatus Hoffmeister, Staplin & Malloy 1955
Waltzispora sagittata Playford 1962
Granulatisporites microgranifer Ibrahim 1933
Velamisporites tesellatus (Staplin) Ravn 1991
Lycospora pusilla (Ibrahim) Schopf, Wilson & Bentall 1944
Crassispora aculeata Neville 1968
Punctatisporites aerarius Butterworth & Williams 1958
Velamisporites sp. A (Rugospora sp. A of Neves & Ioannides 1974)
Spathicephalus marsdeni sp.nov.
Pustulatisporites papillosus (Knox) Potonié & Kremp 1955
Claytonispora cf. variabilis (Clayton) Playford & Melo 2012
Densosporites pseudoannulatus Butterworth & Williams 1958
Spelaeotriletes balteatus (Playford) Higgs 1975
Velamisporites minutus (Neves & Ioannides) Ravn 1991
Verrucosisporites morulatus (Knox) Smith & Butterworth 1967
Waltzispora polita (Hoffmeister, Staplin & Malloy) Smith &
Butterworth 1967
Corbulispora cancellata (Waltz) Bharadwaj & Venkatachala 1962
Convolutispora superficialis Felix & Burbridge 1967
Convolutispora vermiformis Hughes & Playford 1961
Felixites playfordii Elsik 1990
Knoxisporites stephanephorus Love 1960
Lycospora noctuina Butterworth & Williams 1958
Velamisporites polyptychus (Neves & Ioannides) Ravn 1991
Grandispora uncata Playford 1971
Densosporites triangularis Kosanke 1950
Botryococcus braunii Kützing 1849
Colatisporites decorus (Bharadwaj & Venkatachala) Williams in Neves et
al. 1973
Diatomozonotriletes fragilis Clayton in Neves et al. 1973
Cingulizonates bialatus (Waltz) Smith & Butterworth 1967
Calamospora breviradiatus Kosanke 1950
Lophozonotriletes muricatus Hibbert & Lacey 1969
Spelaeotriletes crustatus Higgs 1975
Velamisporites corporata (Neves & Owens) Ravn 1991
Leiotriletes sphaerotriangulatus (Loose) Potonié & Kremp 1954
Vallatisporites communis Sullivan 1964
Knoxisporites literatus (Waltz) Playford 1963
Asbian
Visean
Anapiculatisporites baccatus (Hoffmeister, Staplin & Malloy) Ravn 1886
Tricidarisporites dumosus (Staplin) Sullivan & Marshall 1966
Spathicephalidae
Dictyotriletes submarginatus Playford 1963
Densosporites intermedius Butterworth & Williams 1958
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CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
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 site in Fife, Scotland, of Asbian age, and from
it describe a new species of the baphetoid Spathicephalus. These specimens
represent the oldest known baphetoid by three million years, yet belong to
the most specialized members of the clade. Unlike typical baphetoids with
large marginal teeth and palatal fangs characteristic of early tetrapods,
spathicephalids had very broad flattened heads with a dentition consisting
of a large number of small, uniform teeth. Spathicephalids were probably
one of the earliest tetrapod groups to use suction feeding on small,
aquatic prey. Palynological and sedimentological analysis indicates that
the new fossil bed was deposited in a large, stratified, freshwater lake
that became increasingly saline.
Smithson et al. A new Mississippian tetrapod Supporting InformationThe
file contains a summary of the palynology of the new site. A list of
species is given together with two plates of photomicrographs showing each
of the spore species recovered.Smithson et al. A new Mississippian
tetrapod Sup Info.docx
Fife
Scotland