Fossil of a Reptile, Westlothiana lizziae

Acquisition of a type specimen of Westlothiana lizziae, a fossil vertebrate considered to be intermediate between amphibians and reptiles, from rocks of Lower Carboniferous age (some 338m years old) at East Kirkton Quarry, near Bathgate, West Lothian. Purchased from the commercial fossil collector Mr Stan Wood who rediscovered the site in the 1980's. This particular specimen was informally named 'Lizzie'.