North Esk River, Carlops

North Esk River, Carlops

Geological time
Ordovician Silurian
Age
438.5–430.5 million years ago
Period
Silurian
Formation
North Esk Group
Depositional environment
Marine, becoming fluvial/deltaic over time
Fossil types
Brachiopods, bivalves, trilobites, corals, crinoids, gastropods, nautiloid cephalopods, rare arthropods and fish remains
Paleoecology highlights
Tropical marine setting on the margins of the Iapetus Ocean

Under a warm Silurian sun, a shallow tropical sea gently laps against a stony shoreline. The clear, blue-green water reveals a seafloor of fine silty mud, dotted with a few pale rock outcrops. Beyond the quiet surf, low hills of mud and gravel rise, mostly barren and devoid of trees or greenery. Only patches of primitive algae cling to damp rock surfaces along the water’s edge.

North Esk River, Carlops shown on the globe Map

Animalia

1 specimen

Anthozoa

1 specimen

Crinoidea

1 specimen