Fossil specimen : SM A 33763 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Rhynchonellida |
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| Fossil Name | Orthorhynchuloides nasutus (McCoy), 1851 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Orthorhynchuloides nasutus (McCoy), 1851 – See Cocks, L.R.M. (1978) Orthorhynchuloides nasuta (McCoy) – See Williams (1962) Protorhyncha nasuta (McCoy) – See Reed, F.R.C. (1917c) Rhynchonella nasuta (McCoy) – See Woods, H. (1891) Rhynchonella nasuta (McCoy) – See Salter (1873) Rhynchonella nasuta (McCoy) – See Davidson (1869d) Hemithyris nasuta McCoy – See McCoy (1852a): Holotype Hemithyris nasuta McCoy – See McCoy (1851c) |
| Registration No. | A 33763 |
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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 | Scotland |
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| Locality | Craig Head, Craighead, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Stinchar Limestone Group (McCoy's type) |
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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 | Anderson, F.W. & Pringle 1946. Geological Magazine vol. lxxxiii (1): pp.172-176 for discussion of horizon Cocks, L.R.M. 1978. A review of British Lower Palaeozoic Brachiopods, including a synoptic revision of Davidson's monograph Palaeontographical Society Monographs pp.147,186 Davidson 1869 d. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs iii part vii p.173 pl. xxiii figs.19, 19 a-b McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii p.393 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 p.203 pl. il figs.5, 5 a McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology p.215 Reed, F.R.C. 1917 c. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences vol. li part iv p.937 pl. xxiii figs.20, 20 a-c Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge p.56, a 156 Williams 1962. Memoirs Geological Society of London no. 3 p.241 pl.xxv figs.1,2,3,5 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 p.60 |
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