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English: Fossil trackway of a large Myriapod, presumably Arthropleura , on the bedding plane of a Namurian (early Late Carboniferous) sandstone, NE coast of Isle of Arran, 4 km from Lochranza, North Ayrshire, Great Britain. This trail is the type specimen of the ichnospecies Diplichnites cuithensis . [1] .
  1. D. E. G. Briggs, W. D. I. Rolfe, J. Brannan: A Giant Myriapod Trail from the Namurian of Arran, Scotland. Paleontology, Vol. 22, Pt. 2, pp. 273-291
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Author Ashley Dace
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Camera location 55° 42′ 37.84″ N, 5° 13′ 35.98″ W Heading=337° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
Object location 55° 42′ 40″ N, 5° 13′ 38″ W Heading=337° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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