Fossil specimen : SM A 484 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Ptychopariida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Ptychoparia homfrayi (Hicks [Salter ms.]) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Ptychoparia homfrayi (Hicks [Salter ms.]): Holotype Conocoryphe homfrayi Salter Conocoryphe homfrayi (Salter) |
| Registration No. | A 484 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Homfray, David (1822-1893) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | Wales |
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| Locality | Maentwrog Valley, Maentwrog, Merionethshire, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Menevian Bed |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
St David's Series (Cambrian Period) (499 – 508 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Cambrian Series 3 ] |
| References | Hicks 1872 b. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxviii (2): p.178 pl. vi fig.12 Lake 1932. A monograph of the British Cambrian Trilobites Palaeontographical Society Monographs pt. vii (4): p.151 pl. xix fig. 7 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (1): p.5 Woods, H. 1891. Catalogue of the Type Fossils in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. Henry Woods with preface by T. McKenny Hughes CUP. 180+xiv SPL: II. 16 (3): p.143 |
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