Fossil specimen : BGS GSE2126 –
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Merostomata Order Eurypterida |
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| Fossil Name | Adelophthalmus perornatus (Peach) |
| Type Status | |
| Name History | Adelophthalmus perornatus (Peach) |
| Registration No. | GSE2126 |
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| Collector | No name given. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Calciferous Sandstone Series. 1" 11. No Parent Sample Number given. |
| Country | Scotland |
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| 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 | Peach BN Trans Roy Soc Edinburgh Vol 30 Part II (as Glyptoscorpus perornatus) pl29.,fig16 Stormer & Waterston Trans Roy Soc Edinburgh Vol 68 Part 4 pl6.,figs1,2 Waterston Trans Roy Soc Edinburgh Vol 63 Part II (as Lepidoderma perornatus (Peach)) pl3.,fig3 |
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