Fossil specimen : OUM C.09168a, b – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Strophomenata Order Strophomenida |
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| Fossil Name | Leptaena contermina Cocks, 1968 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Leptaena contermina Cocks, 1968 – See Cocks (1968): Holotype |
| Registration No. | C.09168a, b |
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| Collector | Cocks, L.R.M. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Cocks, L.R.M. 1965 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Part & counterpart |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Hope Quarry, Chirbury, by the side of the A.488, 390 yards SSE of Hope Farm, 4 km SW of Minsterley, Shropshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Venusbank Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Aeronian Age (Silurian Period) (438.5 – 440.8 Ma B.P.) |
| References | COCKS, L.R.M. 1968. Some strophomenacean brachiopods from the British lower Silurian. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geology), 15 (6), 283-324. p. 307; (C.9168a) pl. 6, fig. 8, (latex cast of C.9168a) pl. 6, fig.11 |
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