Fossil specimen : SM A 4820 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Pentamerida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Kirkidium knightii (Sowerby J.), 1813 |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Kirkidium knightii (Sowerby J.), 1813 – See Cocks, L.R.M. (1978) Conchidium knightii var. elongatum (McCoy) – See Lamont (1965): Lectotype Conchidium knightii (Sowerby J.) – See Alexander, F.E.S. (1948) Pentamerus knighti var. elongatus McCoy – See Woods, H. (1891) Pentamerus knightii var. elongatus McCoy – See Salter (1873) Pentamerus knighti var. elongatus McCoy – See McCoy (1852a): Syntype |
| Registration No. | A 4820 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
|
| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Woolhope, Herefordshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Aymestry Limestone |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ludlow Epoch (Silurian Period) (423.6 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Alexander, F.E.S. 1948. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. ciii for 1947 p.150 Cocks, L.R.M. 1978. A review of British Lower Palaeozoic Brachiopods, including a synoptic revision of Davidson's monograph Palaeontographical Society Monographs p.143 Lamont 1965. Scottish Journal of Science vol. 1 p.22 McCoy 1852 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils Palaeontographical Society Monographs p.209 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge p.167 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 p.58 |
|---|
Available Images
High resolution photographs
/CAMSM/P871755.jp2
3236 KB
/CAMSM/P871758.jp2
4636 KB
Steroscopic photographs
/CAMSM/P874634.jp2
5341 KB
View these images in your web browser using our JPEG2000 viewer. Zoom in and out and pan around in high resolution. Requires JavaScript to be enabled.
Download these images as high resolution JPEG2000 files. You may need to use image-editing software to view these files.
3D Scans
1: /CAMSM/CAMSM_A.4820_01.obj
Download as zipped Wavefront .obj file (ZIP 21884 KB)
2: /CAMSM/CAMSM_A.4820_01
Download as zipped Polygon File Format .ply file (ZIP 12883 KB)
3D Browser Viewer requires a web browser able to display HTML5 canvases. Internet Explorer 9+, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari support this. Note that Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions do not support this functionality.
Download 3D scans as either PLY or OBJ files. Please see our list of 3D software downloads if you do not have software to open these files.
 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |