Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Sarcopterygii Order Crossopterygii |
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Fossil Name | Gyroptychius agassizii (Traill) |
Type Status | Undifferentiated Type |
Name History | Gyroptychius agassizii (Traill) Gyroptychius microlepidotus (Agassiz) Gyroptychius microlepidotus (Agassiz): Undifferentiated Type Gyroptychius angustus McCoy: Syntype Gyroptychius angustus McCoy |
Registration No. | A 8422 |
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Collector | Name not available |
Donor or Associated Person | Pollexfen, J.H. |
Held By | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge |
Comments |
Country | Scotland |
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Locality | Orkney, Scotland |
Grid Reference | Not available |
Rock Unit | Old Red Sandstone |
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Biozone | Not available |
Geological Age |
Late Devonian Epoch (Devonian Period) – Pridoli Epoch (Silurian Period) (358.9 – 423.6 Ma B.P.) |
References | Jarvik, E. 1948. Kungliga Svenska vetenskkapsakademiens handlingar (3) xxv no. 1 (6): p.241 McCoy 1848 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History n. ser. (2) ii (1): p.308 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.40 McCoy 1855 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils Geol. Mus. Cambridge (2): p.596 pl. iic fig.2 Traquair 1888. Geological Magazine n.s. dec.3, vol. v (3): p.514 Westoll 1936. Geological Magazine vol. lxxiii (5): p.167 footnote 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 (4): p.162 |
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