Glossary of fossil names found on the Isle of Skye

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From: Bell, B.R. and Harris, J.W. An excursion guide to the geology of the Isle of Skye : Geological Society of Glasgow, 1986. © 1986 B.R. Bell & J.W. Harris. All rights reserved. October 2022 note: A new edition of the guide is now available.

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.

References

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