Fossil specimen : OUM B.00007 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Asaphida |
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| Fossil Name | Niobe menapiensis Hicks, 1873 |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Niobe menapiensis Hicks, 1873 – See Edmonds (1949): Syntype ?Ogyginus menapiensis (Hicks, 1873) – See Reed (1931): Syntype Niobe menapiensis Hicks, 1873 – See Hicks (1873): Syntype |
| Registration No. | B.00007 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Hicks, H. 1875 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | Wales |
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| Locality | St David's, Pembrokeshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Ogof Hên Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Arenig Series (Ordovician Period) (465.5 – 477.7 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Mid Ordovician Epoch – Early Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | EDMONDS, J.M. 1949. Type and figured specimens of Lower Palaeozoic trilobites in the University Museum, Oxford. Geol. Mag., 86, 57-66. p. 61 HICKS, H. 1873. On the Tremadoc rocks in the neighbourhood of St. David's, South Wales and their fossil content. Q. Jl. geol. Soc. Lond., XXIX (1), 39-52. pp. 46 - 47, 52; pl. IV, fig. 4 REED, F.R.C. 1931. A review of the British species of the Asaphidae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., series 10, VII, 441-472. pp. 461 - 462 |
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