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Fossil specimen : BGS GSM56849 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Gastropoda

      Order -

Fossil Name Lophospira (?) angulata Pitcher
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Lophospira (?) angulata Pitcher

Provenance
Registration No. GSM56849
Collector Whittard,WF & Pitcher,BI
Donor or Associated Person Name not available 1939
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Near Minsterley, Salop
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Pentamerus Sandstone Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Llandovery Epoch (Silurian Period) (433.4 – 443.8 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Pitcher 1939 Ann Mag Nat Hist Ser 11 vol IV p.91 pl.II,fig.5

Available Images

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