Fossil specimen : SM A 33769 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Eccyliomphalus macromphalus (McCoy) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Eccyliomphalus macromphalus (McCoy): Holotype Ophileta macromphala (McCoy) Helicotoma macromphala (McCoy) Raphistoma macromphala (McCoy) Maclureia macromphala McCoy: Holotype Maclureia macromphala McCoy |
| Registration No. | A 33769 |
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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 | Craighead (Craig Head), Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Stinchar Limestone Group |
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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 Longstaff 1924. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. lxxx (5): p.435 pl. xxxciii figs.8-9 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.300 pl. il figs.12, 12 a-b McCoy 1852 b. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. x (1): p.194 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 (3): p.70, a 168 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.111 |
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