Fossil specimen : OUM C.00025 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Phacopida |
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| Fossil Name | Delops nobilis (Thomas, 1900) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Delops nobilis (Thomas, 1900) – See Morris (1988): Lectotype Delops nobilis nobilis (Thomas, 1900) – See Rickards (1965): Syntype Phacops (Dalmania) nobilis Thomas, 1900 – See Edmonds (1949): Syntype Dalmanites nobilis Thomas, 1900 – See Thomas (1900): Syntype |
| Registration No. | C.00025 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Grindrod, R.B. 1882 – 1883 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | C.24 & C.25 are part & counterpart; C.25 also bears the cephalon of another individual (C.558) |
| Country | Wales |
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| Locality | 150 yards from bank of River Wye, one mile east of Builth, Powys, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Coalbrookdale Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Homerian Age (Silurian Period) – Sheinwoodian Age (Silurian Period) (427.4 – 433.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | EDMONDS, J.M. 1949. Type and figured specimens of Lower Palaeozoic trilobites in the University Museum, Oxford. Geol. Mag., 86, 57-66. p. 65 MORRIS, S.F. 1988. A review of British trilobites, including a synoptic revision of Salter's monograph. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 1-316. p. 74 RICKARDS, R.B. 1965. Two new genera of Silurian phacopid trilobites. Palaeontology, 7 (4), 541-551. p. 545; pl. 85, fig. 10 THOMAS, H.H. 1900. Fossils in the Oxford Museum, IV: Notes on some undescribed species. Q. Jl. geol. Soc. Lond., LVI, 616-619. p. 617; pl. XXXIV, fig. 2 |
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