Fossil specimen : SM A 33951 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Pentamerida |
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| Fossil Name | Porambonites maccoyanus (Davidson), 1883 |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Porambonites maccoyanus (Davidson), 1883 Rhynchonella maccoyana Davidson Rhynchonella maccoyana Davidson: Syntype Porambonites intercedens Pander Porambonites intercedens Pander Porambonites intercedens Pander |
| Registration No. | A 33951 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Wrae Quarry, Upper Tweed, Broughton, Peeblesshire, Scotland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Limestone |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (449 – 458.4 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | Cocks, L.R.M. 1978. A review of British Lower Palaeozoic Brachiopods, including a synoptic revision of Davidson's monograph Palaeontographical Society Monographs (6): pp.137,188 Davidson 1869 b. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs iii part iv (2): p.195 pl. xxv figs. 17 a-b Davidson 1883. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs vol. v (4): p.161 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.212 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (3): p.56 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.59 |
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