Fossil specimen : SM A 6955 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Pteraspidomorphi Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Rhinopteraspis cornubica McCoy |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Rhinopteraspis cornubica McCoy: Lectotype Steganodictyum cornubica (McCoy) Pteraspis cornubica (McCoy) Steganodictyum cornubicum McCoy Scaphaspis cornubicus (McCoy) Steganodictyum cornubicum McCoy: Syntype |
| Registration No. | A 6955 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
|
| Comments | multiple pieces |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Lantic Bay, Lantwit Bay, Llantiver Bay, Polperro, Cornwall, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Zoophyte |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Pragian Age (Devonian Period) – Lochkovian Age (Devonian Period) (407.6 – 419.2 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Dewey, H. 1948. British regional geology. South-west England 2nd edition (5): p.17 pl.12 fig.1 Hinde 1888. A monograph of the British fossil sponges Palaeontographical Society Monographs vol. i (4): p.182 Lankester, Ray 1868. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxiv (2): p.546 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 (1): pl. iia figs. 3,3 a Tarlo, L.B.H. 1961. Acta palaeontologica polonica vol. vi (6): p.368 pl. i 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.167 |
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