| East Kirkton Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous | |
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| Unit of | West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation, Strathclyde Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Type section | |
| Named for | East Kirkton Quarry |
The East Kirkton Limestone is a rock unit in the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation in Scotland. It preserves fossils of the Carboniferous period. The limestone outcrops at East Kirkton Quarry.
Balanerpeton is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Visean stage of the Early Carboniferous period. It reached approximately 50 cm (20 in) in length. Balanerpeton woodi was discovered by Stanley Wood and is the earliest and most common tetrapod in the East Kirkton Limestone of the East Kirkton Quarry assemblage of terrestrial amphibians in Scotland. Characteristics of Balanerpeton woodi include the presence of large external nares, large interpterygoid vacuities, and an ear with a tympanic membrane and rod-like stapes. Numerous studies and research regarding ontogeny in non extant taxa have been oriented around this taxon. The morphology of the stapes suggests that the animal was capable of hearing high-frequency sound. B. woodi does not possess lateral line sulci or an ossified branchial system. The principal method of respiration was probably buccal rather than costal, indicated by the small straight ribs.
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