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Fossil specimen : BGS GSE6465 – Syntype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -

Fossil Name Solemya costellata? (McCoy)
Type Status Syntype
Name History

Solemya costellata? (McCoy)

Provenance
Registration No. GSE6465
Collector No name given.
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Millstone Grit. 1" 31.
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Gain Quarry - Glenboig - Lanarkshire.
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Millstone Grit Group
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Namurian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (319 – 329 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Bashkirian Age – Serpukhovian Age ]

References
References

Hind W Trans Roy Soc Edinburgh Vol 46 Part II (as Solenomya cylindrica Hind) pl2.,fig60

Available Images

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Steroscopic photographs

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