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Fossil specimen : NMW 82.29G.5564 – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Brachiopoda

    Class Rhynchonellata

      Order Orthida

Fossil Name Salopina shelvensis Walmsley et al., 1969
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Salopina shelvensis Walmsley et al., 1969 – See Walmsley et al. (1969): Paratype

Provenance
Registration No. 82.29G.5564
Collector Walmsley, V.G.
Donor or Associated Person Walmsley, V.G.
Held By Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales Logo Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum of Wales
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Shelve, Shropshire
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Bog Quartzite
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Aeronian Age (Silurian Period) (438.5 – 440.8 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Walmsley, V.G., Boucot, A.J. and Harper, C.W. 1969. Silurian and Lower Devonian salopinid brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology, 43, 492-516. p.514

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