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Fossil specimen : OUM C.30486a, b – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group	Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Osteostraci Order Cephalaspidida
Fossil Name	Didymaspis grindrodi Lankester, 1867
Type Status	Holotype
Name History	Didymaspis grindrodi Lankester, 1867 – See Stensiö (1932): Holotype Didymaspis grindrodi Lankester, 1867 – See Lankester (1870): Holotype Didymaspis grindrodi Lankester, 1867 – See Lankester (1867): Holotype

Provenance
Registration No.	C.30486a, b
Collector	Name not available
Donor or Associated Person	Grindrod, R.B. 1882 – 1883
Held By	Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Comments	Specimen in 2 pieces

Location
Country	England
Locality	Ledbury Cutting, Ledbury, Herefordshire
Grid Reference	Available from host institution

Stratigraphy
Rock Unit	? Ledbury Formation
Biozone	Not available
Geological Age	Pridoli Epoch (Silurian Period) (419.2 – 423.6 Ma B.P.)

References
References	LANKESTER, E.R. 1867. On Didymaspis, a new genus of cephalaspidian fishes. Geol. Mag., IV, 152-154. pp. 152 - 154; pl. VIII, figs 4, 5 LANKESTER, E.R. 1870. A Monograph of the fishes of the Old Red Sandstone of Britain, Part I (2) - The Cephalaspidae. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 33-62, pls VI-XIV. pp. 59, 60; pl. XIII, figs 1, 2 STENSIÖ, E.A. 1932. The Cephalaspids of Great Britain. Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geology), 220 pp., 66 pls. p. 171

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