Fossil specimen : OUM E.03994 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Merostomata Order Xiphosura |
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| Fossil Name | Xaniopyramis linseyi Siveter & Selden, 1987 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Xaniopyramis linseyi Siveter & Selden, 1987 – See Siveter & Selden (1987): Holotype |
| Registration No. | E.03994 |
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| Collector | Linsey, T.K. 1983 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Hull University Collection 1992 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | J.3994/p1 is silicone rubber cast, and J.3994/p2-p4 are thin sections taken from matrix |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Stream section on northern side of Noon Hill, 2.5 km SSW of Ireshopeburn, County Durham |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Between top of Firestone Sill and beds just above Upper Fell Top Limestone |
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| Biozone | Upper part of E1 – Lower part of E2 |
| Geological Age |
Arnsbergian Substage (Carboniferous Period) – Pendleian Substage (Carboniferous Period) (324 – 329 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Serpukhovian Age ] |
| References | SIVETER, Derek J. and SELDEN, P.A. 1987. A new, giant xiphosurid from the lower Namurian of Weardale, County Durham. Proc. Yorks. geol. Soc., 46 (2), 153-168. pp. 153, 155 - 162; (silicone rubber cast), figs 4 - 6, (reconstruction) fig. 7 |
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