Fossil specimen : SM A 26579 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Atrypida |
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| Fossil Name | Glassia obovata (Sowerby, J. de C.) |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Glassia obovata (Sowerby, J. de C.) Athyris obovata (Sowerby, J. de C.) Spondylobus craniolaris McCoy Spondylobus craniolaris McCoy: Syntype Spondylobus craniolaris McCoy |
| Registration No. | A 26579 |
|---|---|
| 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 | cast : exterior; cast : internal (part a) |
| Country | Wales |
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| Locality | Builth Bridge, Radnorshire, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Wenlock Shale |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Wenlock Epoch (Silurian Period) (427.4 – 433.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Davidson 1866. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs vol. iii part vii (3): PL. VIII FIG.26 McCoy's fig. reproduced McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii (1): p.408 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.255 pl. ih fig.5 (a.26, 5791), fig.5 a (a.26, 579b) McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.230 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (4): p.139 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (3): 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 (5): p.52 |
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