Patrick Burn Formation

Patrick Burn Formation
Patrick Burn Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Llandovery
Type	Formation
Location
Region	Scotland
Country	United Kingdom

The Patrick Burn Formation is a geologic formation in Scotland. This formation is main part of fossil site called as Birk Knowes. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.[1][2]

Description

This formation contains fossils from non-marine or marginal marine environment.[3] Site is closed by Scottish government agency Scottish Natural Heritage (now NatureScot), due to fossil robbery by amateur collector.[4][5]

Paleobiota

Arthropods

Arthropods
Species	Notes	Images
Slimonia acuminata	A slimonid eurypterid.
Erettopterus bilobus	A pterygotid eurypterid.
?Nanahughmilleria lanceolata	An adelophthalmid eurypterid.
?Hardieopterus lanarkensis	A hardieopterid eurypterid.
Loganamaraspis dunlopi	A chasmataspidid.
Cyamocephalus loganensis	A synziphosurine.
Pseudoniscus falcatus	A synziphosurine.
Ainiktozoon loganense	A thylacocephalan.
Ceratiocaris papilio	A phyllocarid.

Chordates

Chordates
Species	Notes	Images
Loganellia scotica	A loganelliid thelodont.
Jamoytius kerwoodi	An enigmatic chordate.

References

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

D., Dineley; S., Metcalf (1999). Fossil Fishes of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series. Vol. No. 16. Peterborough. ISBN 1-86107-470-0.
Žigaitė, Živile; Goujet, Daniel (2012). "New observations on the squamation patterns of articulated specimens ofLoganellia scotica(Traquair, 1898) (Vertebrata: Thelodonti) from the Lower Silurian of Scotland". Geodiversitas. 34 (2): 253–270. doi:10.5252/g2012n2a1. ISSN 1280-9659. S2CID 73663549.
Tetlie, O. Erik; Braddy, Simon J. (2003). "The first Silurian chasmataspid, Loganamaraspis dunlopi gen. et sp. nov. (Chelicerata: Chasmataspidida) from Lesmahagow, Scotland, and its implications for eurypterid phylogeny". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 94 (3): 227–234. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000638. ISSN 1473-7116. S2CID 73596575.
"BBC - Radio 4 - Today - Fossils". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
Hose, Thomas A. (1 April 2012). "3G's for Modern Geotourism". Geoheritage. 4 (1): 7–24. doi:10.1007/s12371-011-0052-y. ISSN 1867-2485. S2CID 144250723.

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[1] D., Dineley; S., Metcalf (1999). Fossil Fishes of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series. Vol. No. 16. Peterborough. ISBN 1-86107-470-0.

[2] Žigaitė, Živile; Goujet, Daniel (2012). "New observations on the squamation patterns of articulated specimens ofLoganellia scotica(Traquair, 1898) (Vertebrata: Thelodonti) from the Lower Silurian of Scotland". Geodiversitas. 34 (2): 253–270. doi:10.5252/g2012n2a1. ISSN 1280-9659. S2CID 73663549.

[3] Tetlie, O. Erik; Braddy, Simon J. (2003). "The first Silurian chasmataspid, Loganamaraspis dunlopi gen. et sp. nov. (Chelicerata: Chasmataspidida) from Lesmahagow, Scotland, and its implications for eurypterid phylogeny". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 94 (3): 227–234. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000638. ISSN 1473-7116. S2CID 73596575.

[4] "BBC - Radio 4 - Today - Fossils". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[5] Hose, Thomas A. (1 April 2012). "3G's for Modern Geotourism". Geoheritage. 4 (1): 7–24. doi:10.1007/s12371-011-0052-y. ISSN 1867-2485. S2CID 144250723.