Fossil specimen : SM A 11100 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Orthida |
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| Fossil Name | Paurorthis turgida (McCoy) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Paurorthis turgida (McCoy): Lectotype Orthis turgida McCoy Orthis turgida McCoy Orthis turgida McCoy: Syntype Orthis turgida McCoy |
| Registration No. | A 11100 |
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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 | Wales |
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| Locality | Golden Grove Mansion, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Llandeilo Bed |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Abereiddian Stage (Ordovician Period) (460.5 – 465.5 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Darriwilian Age ] |
| References | Davidson 1883. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs vol. v (3): p.187 pl. xiv fig.20 McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii (1): p.399 McCoy 1852 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils Palaeontographical Society Monographs (2): p.299 pl. ih fig.21 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.221 Williams, Alwyn 1949. Geological Magazine vol. lxxxvi (5): p.228 pl. xi fig.9 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.57 |
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