Rhynie, Scotland

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Rhynie, Scotland is a village in Aberdeenshire notable for its nearby Early Devonian fossil site at Rhynie chert, which has given its name to the extinct plant genus Rhynia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct vascular plant genus
fossil-bearing sedimentary deposit
hillfort
village
administrativeArea Aberdeenshire Council area NERFINISHED
country Scotland
eponymOf Rhynia (plant genus) NERFINISHED
fossilLocality Rhynie chert NERFINISHED
gaveNameTo Rhynia (plant genus) NERFINISHED
geologicalAge Early Devonian NERFINISHED
hasCategory Devonian paleontological sites
Devonian plants
Villages in Aberdeenshire
hasDialCode +44 1464
hasHistoricalCounty Aberdeenshire NERFINISHED
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite Tap o’ Noth hillfort NERFINISHED
hasNearbyFeature Rhynie chert NERFINISHED
hasNearbyFossilSite Rhynie chert NERFINISHED
hasNearbyLocality Rhynie chert fossil site NERFINISHED
hasNearbyRiver River Bogie NERFINISHED
hasNearbyTown Alford, Aberdeenshire NERFINISHED
Huntly NERFINISHED
hasOSGridReference NJ497266
hasParishChurch Rhynie Parish Church NERFINISHED
hasPostcodeArea AB
hasPostcodeDistrict AB54
hasSettlementType rural village
hasTraditionalRegion Strathbogie NERFINISHED
locatedIn Aberdeenshire NERFINISHED
Scotland
United Kingdom
locatedNear Rhynie, Scotland NERFINISHED
namedAfter Rhynie, Scotland NERFINISHED
notableFor exceptionally well-preserved Early Devonian fossils
proximity to the Early Devonian fossil site Rhynie chert
preserves arthropods
early land plants
fungi
region northeast Scotland
timeZone BST (UTC+01:00) in summer
UTC±00:00

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Aglaophyton geologicalLocation Rhynie, Scotland
Rhynia namedAfter Rhynie, Scotland