Fossil specimen : SM A 18490 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Hemichordata Class Graptolithina Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Dicranograptus salopiensis Elles & Wood |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Dicranograptus salopiensis Elles & Wood: Lectotype Dicellograptus divaricatus var. salopiensis Elles & Wood: Syntype |
| Registration No. | A 18490 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Hughes, Thomas McKenny (1833-1917) |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Spy Burn, Shropshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Coenograptus Bed |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) – Abereiddian Stage (Ordovician Period) (449 – 465.5 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch – Darriwilian Age ] |
| References | Elles & Wood 1904. A monograph of British Graptolites Palaeontographical Society Monographs (1): p.145 text-fig.80 a pl. xx fig.7 a Hughes, R.A. 1988. Llandeilo and Caradoc graptolites of the Builth and Shelve Inliers Palaeontographical Society Monographs (2): pp.43-45, text-fig.19e |
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