Fossil specimen : SM A 15592 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Asaphida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Ampyx salteri Hicks |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Ampyx salteri Hicks: Syntype Ampyx salteri Hicks Ampyx salteri Hicks: Syntype |
| Registration No. | A 15592 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Hicks, Henry (1837-1899) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments | Didymograptus hirundo zone (probably from) |
| Country | Wales |
|---|---|
| Locality | Whitesand Bay, St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Tetragraptus Bed |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Didymograptus hirundo |
| Geological Age |
Llanvirn Series (Ordovician Period) (458.4 – 465.5 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Mid Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | Hicks 1875 b. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxxi (1): p.182 pl. x fig.7 Whittard, W.F. 1940 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (11) vol. v (3): p.161 Whittard, W.F. 1955. The Ordovician trilobites of the Shelve Inlier, West Shropshire Palaeontographical Society Monographs (4): p.17 pl. i fig.15 Whittard, W.F. 1955. The Ordovician trilobites of the Shelve Inlier, West Shropshire Palaeontographical Society Monographs (3): pp.17 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 (2): p.139 |
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