Fossil specimen : SM A 4828 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class Anthozoa Order Rugosa |
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| Fossil Name | Arachnophyllum typus McCoy |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Arachnophyllum typus McCoy: Holotype |
| Registration No. | A 4828 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Aymestry, Herefordshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Wenlock Limestone |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Wenlock Epoch (Silurian Period) (427.4 – 433.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Lang, W.D. & Smith 1927. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. lxxxiii (4): p.469 McCoy 1851 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils (1): p.38 pl. i b figs.27, 27 a Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (2): p.115 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.14 |
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