Fossil specimen : SM A 28831 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Strophomenata Order Strophomenida |
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| Fossil Name | Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (McCoy), 1851 |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (McCoy), 1851: Lectotype Stropheodonta (Eostropheodonta) hirnantensis (McCoy) Orthis hirnantensis McCoy Orthis hirnantensis McCoy Orthis hirnantensis McCoy: Syntype Orthis hirnantensis McCoy |
| Registration No. | A 28831 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Aber Hirnant, Bala, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Hirnant Limestone |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ashgill Series (Ordovician Period) (443.8 – 449 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | Davidson 1869 d. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs iii part vii (3): p.261 pl. xxxii fig.6 McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii (1): p.395 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.219 pl. ih fig.11 c McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.217 Temple, J.T. 1965. Acta palaeontologica polonica vol. x (6): p.410 pl. xix fig.1 Williams, Alwyn 1951. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. cvii (5): p.123 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 (4): p.56 |
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