Fossil specimen : OUM C.00037 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Class Echinoidea Order Palaechinoidea |
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| Fossil Name | Maccoya phillipsiae (Forbes, 1848) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Maccoya phillipsiae (Forbes, 1848) – See Stubblefield (1938): Holotype Echinocystis or Maccoya – See Hawkins & Hampton (1927): Holotype Palechinus phillipsiae Forbes, 1848 – See Forbes (1848): Holotype |
| Registration No. | C.00037 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Phillips, Miss |
| Donor or Associated Person | Parker, J. 1913 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Upper Llandovery |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Under Worcester Beacon, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Miss Phillips's Conglomerate |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Llandovery Epoch (Silurian Period) (433.4 – 443.8 Ma B.P.) |
| References | FORBES, E. 1848. In PHILLIPS, J. & SALTER, J.W. Palaeontological Appendix to Professor J. Phillips' Memoir on the Malvern Hills, compared with the Palaeozoic districts of Abberley etc. Mem. geol. Surv. G.B., 2 (1), 331-386, I-XIV. pp. xiv, 384 - 385; pl. XXIX, figs 1, 1 a HAWKINS, H.L. and HAMPTON, S.M. 1927. The occurrence, structure and affinities of Echinocystis and Palaeodiscus. Q. Jl. geol. Soc. Lond., LXXXIII, 574-603. p. 597 STUBBLEFIELD, C.J. 1938. The types and figured specimens in Phillips and Salter's Palaeontological appendix to J. Phillips' memoir on "The Malvern Hills compared with the Palaeozoic districts of Abberley, etc". Summ. Progr. Geol. Surv., part II, 27-51. p. 47 |
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