Glossary of fossil names found on the Isle of Skye
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Appendix 2 Glossary of fossil names
Agassiceras (scipionanum). Ammonite. Jurassic.
Amoeboceras. Ammonite. Jurassic.
Arnioceras (aff. semicostatum). Ammonite. Jurassic.
Bositra (buchi). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Cardinia (cf. concinna). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Charmasseiceras sp. Ammonite. Jurassic.
Chlamys (calva). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Chondrites. Trace. Jurassic.
Corbula. Bivalve. Jurassic.
Coroniceras (aff. conybeari). Ammonite. Jurassic.
Coroniceras (aff. reynesi). Ammonite. Jurassic.
Cuspidaria (ibbetsoni). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Cyzicus. Branchiopod. Jurassic.
Estheria—see Cyzicus.
Euagassiceras spp. Ammonite. Jurassic.
Euasteroceras spp. Ammonite. Jurassic.
Graphoceras. Ammonite. Jurassic.
Gryphaea (arcuata). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Inoceramus. Bivalve. Cretaceous.
Isastrea (murchisoni). Coral. Jurassic.
Isognomon. Bivalve. Jurassic.
Kallirhynchia (cf. concinna). Brachiopod. Jurassic.
Kosmoceras. Ammonite. Jurassic.
Lingula. Brachiopod. Jurassic.
Liostrea (hebridica)—see (Praeexogyra (hebridica)).
Liostrea (hisingeri). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Modiolus. Bivalve. Jurassic.
Monocraterion. Trace. Dwelling burrow. Lower Cambrian.
Myopholas (acuticostata). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Neomiodon. Bivalve. Jurassic.
Olenellus. Trilobite. Lower Cambrian.
Oxytoma (inequivalve). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Pararnioceras (aff. parthenope). Ammonite. Jurassic.
Piarorhynchia (juvenis). Brachiopod. Jurassic.
Pictonia (baylei). Ammonite. Jurassic.
Pinna (hartmanni). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Placunopsis (socialis). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Plagiostoma (giganteum). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Planolites. Trace. Feeding burrow. Lower Cambrian.
Praeexogyra (hebridica). Bivalve. Jurassic.
Praemytilus. Bivalve. Jurassic.
Salterella. Trace/Body: Variously, (i) worm tube; (ii) orthoconic nautiloid; (iii) gastropod. Lower Cambrian.
Serpulites—see Salterella.
Skolithos. Trace. Dwelling burrow. Lower Cambrian.
Spiriferina (walcotti). Brachiopod. Jurassic.
Thalassinoides. Trace. Dwelling burrow. Jurassic.
Thecosmilia (martini). Coral. Jurassic.
Trautscholdia. Bivalve. Jurassic.
Viviparus (scoticus). Gastropod. Jurassic.
Zeilleria (perforata). Brachiopod. Jurassic.
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