Fossil specimen : SM A 11320 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Arca (Byssoarca) subaequalis McCoy |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Arca (Byssoarca) subaequalis McCoy – See Woods (1891a) Ctenodonta subaequalis (McCoy) – See Salter (1873) Arca (Byssoarca) subaequalis McCoy – See McCoy (1852a): Holotype Arca (Byssoarca) subaequalis McCoy – See McCoy (1851b) |
| Registration No. | A 11320 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Locality | Llechclawdd, Myddfai, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Downton Sandstone |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Pridoli Epoch (Silurian Period) – Ludlow Epoch (Silurian Period) (419.2 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | McCoy 1851 b. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. vii (1): p.51 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.283 pl. ik figs.1, 1 a McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.186 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (3): p.190 Woods 1891 a. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (4): p.69 |
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