The Rhizodont and Carboniferous Amphibians

Palaeontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum


This section is constructed first by locality/lithostratigraphy, then catalogue name and number.

Scotland, UK and Ireland

Annbank (Upper Coal Measures)
  1. Megalichthys - V2637
Airdrie Blackband Ironstone (Westphalian)
  1. Anthracosaurus russeli - V2014(teeth), V2015 (tooth)
  2. Dipnoan - V2021, V2022 (pectoral girdle), V2024 (rib)
  3. Loxomma rankini - V2023, V2758
  4. Megalichthys hibberti - V2568, V2569, V2571, V2574, V2576-V2582, V2585, V2587, V2588, V2590, V2603-V2606, V3018, V3024, V3025, V3045, V3051, V7678, V7864, V7922, V7923
  5. Megalichthys cocolepis - V3019
  6. Rhizodus granulatus - V2539
  7. Rhizodus - V2362, V7935 (Labyrinthodon), V7941
  8. Rhizodopsis - V2530, V2543, V3145
Ardross (Calciferous Sandstone Series)
  1. Rhizodopsis - V3685, V3686
Armadale (Carb. Limestone)
  1. Megalichthys hibberti - V7771
Armagh, Ireland
  1. Polyrhizodus radicans - V7347
Ashawburn, Muirkirk
  1. Megalichthys sp - V7847
Balgrochan, near Lennoxtown (above Hurlet Limestone)
  1. Megalichthys sp - V3683
Barnsley (similis-pulchra zone)
  1. Rhizodopsis - V3684
Bearsden, Glasgow (Namurian)
  1. Rhizodont - V8287
  2. Megalichthys sp - V8300
Beith (Dockra Limestone)
  1. ?Rhizodus/Strepsodus - V3898
  2. Megalichthys hibberti - V7052-V7054
Birdiehouse, Edinburgh
  1. Megalichthys hibberti - V2544, V3084, V3107, V3108, V3123
  2. Rhizodus - V7819, V7933, V7940
Blairskaith Quarry, near Glasgow (Blackhall Limestone)
  1. Rhizodopsis sp - V7963
  2. Megalichthys sp - V7964
  3. Rhizodus sp - V8038
Bradford (Coal Measures)
  1. Megalichthys sp - V7707 (scale)
Busby
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V3122
Campsie (Coal Measures)
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V2822
Canderigg Colliery (Reef of Drumgrey Coal)
  1. Megalichthys hibberti - V7925
Castlehill Pits, Carluke (Upper Coal Measures, Westphalian)
  1. Diplodus tenuis - V2626 (paralectotype)
  2. Megalichthys hibberti - V2364, V2365, V2545, V2546, V2548, V2549, V2550, V2553, V2558-V2567, V2584, V2595-V2599, V2601, V2607, V2609, V2610, V2612-V2615, V2617, V2621, V2625, V2627-V2632, V2634-V2636, V2638, V2639, V2641-V2645, V2677, V2818, V2857, V3011-V3017, V3028-V3044, V3046-V3050, V3093, V3115-V3117, V3125, V3126, V3611, V3634, V3678, V7770, V8004
  3. Rhizodopsis granulatus - V2547, V2695, V3133-V3144
Cowdenbeath, Fife (Limestone Coal Group)
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V8127-V8130
Cove harbour, East Lothian (Calciferous Sandstone Series)
  1. Rhizodopsis sp - V3809
Dalkeith (Upper Coal Measures)
  1. Megalichthys hibberti - V2554, V2570, V3121, V7332
  2. Rhizodus sp - V7936
Drumgray Coal, Carluke (Coal Measures)
  1. Rhizodus granulatus - V2540, V2541, V2542
Dryden, Loanhead, Edinburgh (Parrot Coal Seam)
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V2363
Dunfermline
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V3086, V3087
East Kirkton, Bathgate (East Kirkton Limestone Formation, Oil Shale Group)
  1. Eoherpeton (gastralia) - V2050
  2. Temnospondyl - V2051 (with skull), V2052 (with pelvis)
Edinburgh (Limestone Series)
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V3609
Faskine, Airdrie (Carb. Limestone)
  1. Megalichthys hibberti - V7767-7769
  2. Rhizodus granulatus - V7775, V7776
Fifeshire
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V3090, V3091
Gallowhill, Paisley (Gallowhill Limestone)
  1. ?Rhizodus/Strepsodus - V3899
Gilmerton, Edinburgh (Gilmerton Ironstone)
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V3062-V3067, V3069, V3075, V3114
Govan Colliery, Glasgow
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V7046-V7048
Hailes Quarry, Edinburgh (Wardie Shale, Oil Shale Group)
  1. Rhizodopsis sauroides - V3682
Heads of Ayr
  1. Rhizodus - V3060
High Blantyre
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V3080-V3082, V3120
Jordanhill, Glasgow
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V3072, V3094-V3104, V3119
Kirk O'Shotts, Lanarkshire (Coal Measures)
  1. Megalichthys sp - V8147
Lanarkshire (Upper Coal Measures)
  1. Megalichthys hibberti - V2647-V2649, V3052, V7839
Lugton, Ayrshire (Lower Carboniferous)
  1. Megalichthys sp - V7957
Mount Vernon, Glasgow (Coal Measures)
  1. Megalichthys hibberti - V3807, V3808
Newsham, Northumberland
  1. Rhizodopsis sauroides - V8152
Possil (Coal Measures)
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V2823, V2824, V2846-2855, V3070, V3071, V3073, V3074, V3076-V3079, V3088, V3089, V3105, V3106, V3108, V3118
Quarter (Upper Coal Meaures)
  1. Megalichthys cocolepis - V3020, V3023
Randerstone, Fife (Calciferous Sandstone Series)
  1. Rhizodus sp - V7091
  2. Megalichthys sp - V7092
Rigend
  1. Rhizodus sp - V7851
Staffordshire (Upper Coal Measures, Westphalian)
  1. Megalichthys hibberti - V2592, V2594, V7316, V7828, V7830
  2. Rhizodus sp - V7867
Sunnyside Pit, Larkhall (Quarter Blackband Ironstone, Westphalian)
  1. Megalocephalus macroma = Orthosaurus pachycephalus - V2016 (Pteroplax cornuta)
Wardie, Edinburgh (Oil Shale Group)
  1. Rhizodont - V8409
Whitrigg Colliery, Bathgate (Upper Coal Measures)
  1. Rhizodus hibberti - V3633

Rest of World

Pilsen, Czech Republic
  1. Microbrachis pelikani - V2040
Pit 11, Will Co., Illinois, USA (Essex Creek Shale, Westphalian D)
  1. Larval amphibian - V2042
Non-localised [probably Scottish]
  1. Megalichthys sp - V7864, V7928, V7942
  2. Rhizodus hibberti - V2845, V7846, V7941
  3. Rhizodopsis - V7840
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