Fossil specimen : SM A 34825 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Eccyliomphalus mullochensis Longstaff |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Eccyliomphalus mullochensis Longstaff: Holotype Eccyliomphalus scoticus McCoy Eccyliomphalus scoticus McCoy: Paratype |
| Registration No. | A 34825 |
|---|---|
| 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 | part and counterpart : (parts a-b) |
| Country | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Mullock Quarry, Dalquorhan, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Llandovery Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Llandovery Epoch (Silurian Period) (433.4 – 443.8 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Longstaff 1924. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. lxxx (3): p.435 pl. xxxvii figs.10 a-b (wax impressions) 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): pp.301, 368 McCoy 1852 b. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. x (1): p.195 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.246 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (2): p.83 |
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