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Fossil specimen : NMW 81.7G.3 a,b – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Trilobita

      Order Phacopida

Fossil Name Tapinocalymene volsoriforma Siveter, 1980
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Tapinocalymene volsoriforma Siveter, 1980 – See Siveter (1980): Paratype

Provenance
Registration No. 81.7G.3 a,b
Collector Norton, W.J.
Donor or Associated Person Norton, W.J.
Held By Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales Logo Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum of Wales
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality English Bridge, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Unknown
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Wenlock Epoch (Silurian Period) (427.4 – 433.4 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Siveter, D J. 1980. Evolution of the Silurian trilobite Tapinocalymene from the Wenlock of the Welsh borderlands. Palaeontology, Vol. 23, 783-802. p.791, pl.99, fig.5 (Ludlow Museum numbers quoted by Siveter)

Available Images

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