Aberlemno Quarry
Geological Conservation Review site | GCR #3247 | Stratigraphy | Non-Marine Devonian
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Summary
Aberlemno Quarry is of international importance for its fossil plant flora, having yielded one of the best Zosterophyllum Zone assemblages in the world. It is also important in being one of the two quarries on Turin Hill (the other being Tillywhandland; see GCR site report, this chapter) that remain open. A rich fossil fish fauna is dominated by the armoured cephalaspids, in contrast to the free-swimming acanthodians that dominate the fauna at Tillywhandland. The site-s conservation value lies in providing an opportunity for further excavation and collection of its fauna and flora.
(From ORS volume September 2004)
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