Fossil specimen : OUM C.00009 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Phacopida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Acaste inflata (Salter, 1864) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Acaste inflata (Salter, 1864) – See Thomas (1998): Lectotype Acaste inflata (Salter, 1864) – See Morris (1988): Lectotype Acaste inflata (Salter, 1864) – See Shergold (1966): Lectotype Phacops downingiae Murchison, 1839 – See Edmonds (1949): Syntype Phacops (Acaste) downingiae Murchison, 1839 – See Salter (1864): Syntype |
| Registration No. | C.00009 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Originally mounted on tablet with C.559 |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Railway Tunnel?, Ledbury, Herefordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Much Wenlock Limestone Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Homerian Age (Silurian Period) (427.4 – 430.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | EDMONDS, J.M. 1949. Type and figured specimens of Lower Palaeozoic trilobites in the University Museum, Oxford. Geol. Mag., 86, 57-66. p. 65 MORRIS, S.F. 1988. A review of British trilobites, including a synoptic revision of Salter's monograph. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 1-316. pp. 9, 242 SALTER, J.W. 1864. A Monograph of the British Trilobites from the Cambrian, Silurian and Devonian formations, part 1. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 1-80, I-VI. p. 27; pl. II, fig. 30 SHERGOLD, J.H. 1966. A revision of Acaste downingia (Murchison) and related Trilobites. Palaeontology, 9 (2), 183-207. p. 192; pl. 29, figs 9 - 14 THOMAS, A.T. 1998. Variation in the eyes of the Silurian trilobites Eophacops and Acaste and its significance. Palaeontology, 41 (5), 897-911, 1 pl. pp. 900 - 907; pl. 1, figs 6, 9 - 11, text-figs 5 B, C |
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