Carboniferous Scotland

mountain in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Arthropleura, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron), meaning "joint", and πλευρά (pleurá), meaning "rib", is an extinct genus of massive myriapod that lived in modern-day Europe and North America around 344 to 292 million years ago, from the Viséan stage of the lower Carboniferous period to the Sakmarian stage of the lower Permian period. It was a millipede, and was capable of reaching at least in length, possibly up to over , making it the largest known land arthropod of all time. Arthropleura is known from body fossils as well as trace fossils, particularly giant trackways up to wide, and pote

assemblage of Devonian rocks in Great Britain, Ireland, Norway and northeastern North America, consisting of sedimentary rocks including reddish sandstone

geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland

Crassigyrinus (from , 'thick' and , 'tadpole') is an extinct genus of carnivorous stem tetrapod from the Early Carboniferous Clackmannan Group of Scotland and possibly Greer, West Virginia.

Pulmonoscorpius is an extinct genus of scorpion from the Mississippian Era (Early Carboniferous), discovered in Scotland. It contains a single named species, Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis. It was one of the largest scorpions to have ever lived, with the largest known individual having an estimated length exceeding 70 cm (28 inches). Pulmonoscorpius retains several general arthropod features which are absent in modern scorpions, such as large lateral eyes and a lack of adaptations for a burrowing lifestyle. It was likely an active diurnal predator, and the presence of book lungs indicates that i

gap in the tetrapod fossil record

Adelogyrinus is an extinct genus of adelospondyl tetrapodomorph, fossils of which were found in the Dunnet Shale of Scotland.

Nematoptychius is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived from the Visean age of the Mississippian epoch (Early Carboniferous) to the Bashkirian age of the Pennsylvanian epoch (Late Carboniferous) in what is now Scotland, Belgium and France. left|thumb|Fossil skull of N. greenocki Its type species, Nematoptychius greenocki, was first described as Pygopterus greenocki by Ramsay Traquair.

group of fossils located within Victoria Park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Rhadinichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. It is known from several species that lived in the Late Devonian epoch, the Carboniferous period and the Cisuralian epoch (early Permian) in what is now Europe, South Africa, and North and South America. Some isolated scales from the Cisuralian of Europe (Belgium, France, Russia) were also referred to this genus.

Styracopterus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch of Scotland and Eastern European Platform, Russia.