East Kirkton Quarry is an Early Carboniferous limestone quarry near Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland, roughly three hundred and thirty five million years old, formed from sediment deposited around a hot spring system that preserved an early terrestrial ecosystem including some of the oldest known reptile-like amniotes and early amphibians. The site has been especially important for understanding the transition of vertebrate life from water to land during a poorly documented interval sometimes called Romer's Gap.
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East Kirkton Quarry, or simply East Kirkton, is a former limestone quarry in West Lothian, Scotland, now a renowned fossil site.
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The quarry is known for terrestrial and freshwater animal fossils; the most fossil-rich layer is dated to around 341 ± 3 million years ago, during the Viséan stage of the Mississippian subperiod (Early Carboniferous Period). The quarry is a 200-meter-long (~650 ft) depression located in the town of Bathgate.
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