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Fossil specimen : BGS GSM82546 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Brachiopoda

    Class Rhynchonellata

      Order Orthida

Fossil Name Visbyella visbyensis pygmoea Whittard & Barker
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Visbyella visbyensis pygmoea Whittard & Barker

Parmorthis visbyensis var Lindstrom

Provenance
Registration No. GSM82546
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Whittard,Prof.WF 1950
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Brook House,Hughley,Shropshire
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated)
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Llandovery Epoch (Silurian Period) (433.4 – 443.8 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Walmsley et al Palaeontology 1968 II 2 p.310 pl.61,fig.1

Whittard & Barker Ann Mag Nat Hist Ser 12 1950 III pl.VIII,figs.9,10,11

Whittard & Barker Ann Mag Nat Hist Ser 12 1950 III 2 p.575 pl.VIII,figs.9,10,11

Available Images

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