Fossil specimen : SM A 16626 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Phacopida |
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| Fossil Name | Phacops (Acaste) downingiae var. cuneatus Salter |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Phacops (Acaste) downingiae var. cuneatus Salter Phacops downingiae var. cuneatus Salter Phacops (Acaste) downingiae var. cuneatus Salter: Holotype |
| Registration No. | A 16626 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Moel Seisiog, Llanrwst, Conway, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Denbigh Grit |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ludlow Epoch (Silurian Period) (423.6 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Salter 1864. A monograph of the British trilobites from the Cambrian, Silurian and Devonian formations Palaeontographical Society Monographs (1): p.28 fig.8 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (2): p.93 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 (3): p.149 |
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