Fossil specimen : SM A 5468 a – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class Anthozoa Order Rugosa |
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| Fossil Name | Syringaxon siluriense (McCoy) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Syringaxon siluriense (McCoy) Syringaxon siluriensis (McCoy) Cyathaxonia siluriensis McCoy Lindstroemia siluriensis (McCoy) Cyathaxonia siluriensis McCoy Cyathaxonia siluriensis McCoy: Holotype Cyathaxonia siluriensis (McCoy) |
| Registration No. | A 5468 a |
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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 |
|---|---|
| Locality | Underbarrow, Kendal, Westmorland, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Ludlow Series |
|---|---|
| Biozone | leintwardinensis |
| Geological Age |
Ludlow Epoch (Silurian Period) (423.6 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Butler 1935. Geological Magazine vol. lxxii (6): p.118 pl. ii fig.2 McCoy 1850 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 2 vol. vi (1): p.281 McCoy 1851 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils (2): p.36 pl. ic, figs.11, 11 a McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.167 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (3): p.162 Sutherland 1970. Journal of Paleontology vol. 44 (8): pp. 1125-8, PL.152 figs.1 a (a.5, 468b) 1 b-d (a.5, 468a) 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.20 |
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