Fossil specimen : SM A 5527 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class Anthozoa Order Tabulata |
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| Fossil Name | Lyopora favosa (McCoy) |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Lyopora favosa (McCoy) Lyopora favosa (McCoy) Lyopora favosa (McCoy) Heliolites favosa (McCoy) Lyopora favosa (McCoy) Heliolites interstincta (Linné) Palaeopora favosa McCoy: Syntype |
| Registration No. | A 5527 |
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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 | Scotland |
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| Locality | Craig Head, Girvan, Colmonel, Stinchar River, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Stinchar Limestone Group |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) – Abereiddian Stage (Ordovician Period) (449 – 465.5 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch – Darriwilian Age ] |
| References | Cox 1936. Bulletin National Museum of Canada no. 80 (7): pp.4, 27 pl. i fig.2 Edwards & Haime 1854. A monograph of the British fossil corals Palaeontographical Society Monographs part 5 (2): p.250 this species is referred to McCoy 1851 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils (1): p.15 pl. ic figs.3, 3 a, b Nicholson & Etheridge, R. 1878. A monograph of the Silurian Fossils in Ayrshire (3): p.29 this species is referred to Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (4): p.40 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 (5): p.23 |
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