Fossil specimen : BGS GSE5596 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Bythotrephis (Bythotrephes) simplex (Kidston) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Bythotrephis (Bythotrephes) simplex (Kidston) |
| Registration No. | GSE5596 |
|---|---|
| Collector | No name given on label. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | Calciferous Sandstone Series. 1" Sheet 11. |
| Country | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | River Esk - Glencartholm - Dumfries. |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Strathclyde Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Brigantian Substage (Carboniferous Period) – Chadian Substage (Carboniferous Period) (329 – 346.7 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Visean Age – Tournaisian Age ] |
| References | Kidston Dr Robert 1881 2 Fossil Plants of Eskdale & Liddesdale - Trans Roy Soc Ed Vol 30 Part II (as Chondrites simplex) plXXXI.,fig14 Kidston Dr Robert 1894 Proc Roy Phys Soc Edinburgh Vol 12 (as Bythotrephis simplex) p.238 |
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