Fossil specimen : OUM C.00222 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ascocerida |
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| Fossil Name | Ascoceras vermiforme Blake, 1882 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Ascoceras vermiforme Blake, 1882 – See Holland (1999): Holotype Ascoceras vermiforme Blake, 1882 – See Blake (1882): Holotype |
| Registration No. | C.00222 |
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| 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 |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Ledbury, Herefordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Unknown |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Gorstian Age (Silurian Period) (425.6 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | BLAKE, J.F. 1882. A Monograph of British Fossil Cephalopoda, part 1, introduction and Silurian species. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 1-248, pls I-XXXI. p. 209; pl. XXVI, fig. 8 HOLLAND, C.H. 1999. The nautiloid cephalopod order Ascocerida in the British Silurian. Palaeontology, 42 (4), 683-689. pp. 687 - 688; text-fig. 4 B |
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