Fossil specimen : SM A 29994 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order Bellerophontida |
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| Fossil Name | Bellerophon ruthveni Salter ms. |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Bellerophon ruthveni Salter ms. Bellerophon ruthveni Salter Bellerophon ruthveni Salter Bellerophon ruthveni Salter: Syntype Bellerophon expansus Sowerby, J. de C. |
| Registration No. | A 29994 |
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| 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 | England |
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| Locality | Benson Knot, Kendal, Westmorland, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Kirby Moor Flags |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Pridoli Epoch (Silurian Period) – Ludfordian Age (Silurian Period) (419.2 – 425.6 Ma B.P.) |
| References | 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 (1): p.309 Reed, F.R.C. 1901 b. Geological Magazine n.s. dec. (iv) vol. viii (4): p.358 pl. xv fig.6 Reed, F.R.C. 1921 a. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea Palaeontographical Society Monographs (5): p.55 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (2): p.186 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.96 |
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