Fossil specimen : SM A 6375 – Paratype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Class Ophiuroidea Order Oegophiurida |
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| Fossil Name | Furcaster leptosoma (Salter) |
| Type Status | Paratype |
| Name History | Furcaster leptosoma (Salter) Rhodostoma leptosoma (Salter) Protaster sedgwicki Forbes Protaster sedgwicki Forbes: Paratype |
| Registration No. | A 6375 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Benson Knot, Kendal, Westmorland, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Kirkby Moor Flags |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Pridoli Epoch (Silurian Period) – Ludfordian Age (Silurian Period) (419.2 – 425.6 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Forbes 1849. Figures and Descriptions illustrative of British organic remains Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales dec. i (1): Gregory 1896 b. Proceedings of the Zoological Society (2): p.1031 Sollas & Sollas 1912. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B) vol. 202 (3): p.224 Spencer 1925. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa Palaeontographical Society Monographs (4): pp.320, 326 Spencer 1934 a. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa Palaeontographical Society Monographs (5): p.458 |
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