Gyracanthus from the Hunterian Museum Collections

Palaeontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum

This section is constructed first by species, lithostratigraphy, locality, then catalogue number (all catalogue numbers should be preceded by the museum code: GLAHM).

Gyracanthus incurvus
Devonian
Campbelton, Canada:V8171

Gyracanthus sp.
Carboniferous
        Unloc.: V7740, V8226,101470, 101471
        Newsham, Northumberland:V8173
    Limestone Coal Group
        Gilmorehill Quarry,Glasgow: V3083
        Thorntonhall Quarry, East Kilbride?: V5693
    Coal Measures
        Airdrie: V2657
        Arkleston, Paisley: V5094
        Beith: V2902
        Carluke: V2505, V2506, V2509*, V2510, V2511, V2512, V2514, V2515, V2993, V2994, V2995*, V2996, V2997*, V2998*, V2999*
        Lanarkshire: V2744
    Westphalian B
           Joggins, Nova Scotia, Canada: V2556 (cast)

Gyracanthus formosus
Carboniferous
    Calciferous Sandstone Series
        Burdiehouse, Edinburgh: V2908
    Coal Measures
        Airdrie: V2917, V2918*, V2919
        Carluke: V2507, V2508, V3000, V3001, V3002, V3003
        Govan: V7070
        Lanarkshire: V7902, V7903, V7904, V7905, V7906, V7907, V7908*
        Newcastle: V3417
        Shettleston: V2839, V2840, V2841, V2842, V2843*, V2844
        Scotland: V3624,V3625

Gyracanthus youngi
Carboniferous
    Limestone Coal Group
        Dalry:V7965 (on display in the museum), V7966
    Coal Measures
        Kilsyth: V2989

Gyracanthus rectus
Carboniferous
Limestone Coal Group
Cowdenbeath, Fife: V8120/1-10, V8121, V8130 (wrongly catalogued should be V8132), V8131, V8132*

Gyracanthus tuberculatus
Carboniferous
Coal Measures
Newcastle: V3412

(* = not accounted for)

Prepectorals - V2657, V2744,V5094, V8130/1, /2, V8131/1, /2, /3

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