Fossil specimen : BGS GSM59434 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Orthocerida |
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| Fossil Name | Orthoceras? avelini Salter |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Orthoceras? avelini Salter |
| Registration No. | GSM59434 |
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| Collector | survey 1856 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Cefn Gwnlle Shelve Area Shropshire |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Abereiddian Stage (Ordovician Period) (460.5 – 465.5 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Darriwilian Age ] |
| References | Figd. Blake, Mon.Brit. Foss. Cephalopoda, 1882 6 1 Figd. Salter Mem. Geol. suv., vol. 3 1866 11B 18 Figd. Salter in Murchison, Siluria, 1859,p. 50, fossils (8) 4 |
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