Fossil specimen : OUM C.00150 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Order Decapoda |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Xiphocaris ensis (Salter, 1860) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Xiphocaris ensis (Salter, 1860) – See Jones & Woodward (1888): Holotype ?Ceratiocaris ensis Salter, 1860 – See Salter (1860): Holotype |
| Registration No. | C.00150 |
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| Collector | Marston, A. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Grindrod, R.B., ex Marston, A. 1882 – 1883 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Lower Ludlow |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Leintwardine, Herefordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Unknown |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ludlow Epoch (Silurian Period) (423.6 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | JONES, R.T. and WOODWARD, H. 1888. A Monograph of the British Palaeozoic Phyllopoda, (Phyllocarida, Packard), part I. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 1-72, I-XII. p. 65; pl. V, fig. 7 SALTER, J.W. 1860. On new fossil Crustacea from the Silurian rocks. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., series 3, 5, 153-162. p. 159 |
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