Fossil specimen : SM A 6636 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Carinaropsis maccoyi Reed |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Carinaropsis maccoyi Reed: Holotype Bellerophon carinatus (Sowerby, J. de C.) |
| Registration No. | A 6636 |
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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 | Wales |
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| Locality | Dolydd Ceiroig Waterfall, Moel Ferna (S.E.), Berwyn Mountains (E.), Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Bala Schists (calcareous upper) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ashgill Series (Ordovician Period) – Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (443.8 – 458.4 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | 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 (1): p.309 Reed, F.R.C. 1921 a. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea Palaeontographical Society Monographs (2): p.87 pl. xiii fig.10 |
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