Fossil specimen : OUM A.00005 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Ptychopariida |
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| Fossil Name | Sphaerophthalmus major Lake, 1913 |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Sphaerophthalmus major Lake, 1913 РSee Henningsm̦en (1957): Syntype Sphaerophthalmus major Lake, 1913 РSee Edmonds (1949): Syntype Sphaerophthalmus major Lake, 1913 РSee Lake (1913): Syntype |
| Registration No. | A.00005 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | On same tablet as A.4 |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Malverns, Herefordshire or Worcestershire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Upper Lingula Flags Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Merioneth Series (Cambrian Period) (485.4 – 499 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Furongian Epoch – Cambrian Series 3 ] |
| References | EDMONDS, J.M. 1949. Type and figured specimens of Lower Palaeozoic trilobites in the University Museum, Oxford. Geol. Mag., 86, 57-66. p. 60 HENNINGSMÖEN, G. 1957. The trilobite family Olenidae with descriptions of Norwegian material and remarks on the Olenid and Tremadocian series. Skr. norske Vidensk.-Akad., Mat.-naturv. Kl., 1, 1-31. pp. 217 - 218 LAKE, P. 1913. A Monograph of the British Cambrian trilobites, part 4. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 65-88, pls VII-X. pp. 77 - 78; pl. VIII, fig. 13 |
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