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Fossil specimen : BGS GSE13880 – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -

Fossil Name Placunopsis propediscus Graham
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Placunopsis propediscus Graham

Provenance
Registration No. GSE13880
Collector No name given.
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Calmy Limestone - Namurian E2. Bh No: NS 55 NW/12767/GM2.
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Malletsheugh Nitshill GM2 Bore - Barrhead - Glasgow.
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Calmy Limestone
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Arnsbergian Substage (Carboniferous Period) (324 – 328 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Serpukhovian Age ]

References
References

Graham GK 1988 Scottish Journal of Geology Vol 24 Part 3 Fig 1E

Available Images

High resolution photographs

/BGS/P818290.JP2

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/BGS/P818362.JP2

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Steroscopic photographs

/BGS/P819238.JP2

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