Dura Den
Fish from Dura Den, Upper Old Red Sandstone


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Holoptichius flemingi

  1. V2340 - slab with approximately 11 fish donated by the British Association in 1914
  2. V2341 - slab containing approximately 15 fish donated by Mr Watson per Rev A. Milne, 1899
  3. V2456-2459 - presented by Rev. Dr Anderson in 1864
  4. V3601 - origins unknown [Lanfine collection?]
  5. V3616 - Trinity College, Glasgow presented to the Zoology Department at Glasgow University 1959
  6. V7574, V7576-7577 - Trinity College, Glasgow (formerly Glasgow College of the United Free Church)
  7. V7798 - unknown origins

Holoptichius andersoni

  1. V2455 - presented by Rev. Dr Anderson in 1864
  2. V2498-2500 - presented by Rev. Dr Anderson in 1864

Phaneropleuron sp.

  1. ex-Dundee University Department of Geology (1989)

Other material: Several small slabs with several fish from the collections of the Department of Geology, Dundee University.

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