Fossil specimen : SM A 33802 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Orthida |
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| Fossil Name | Plectorthis scotica (McCoy), 1851 |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Plectorthis scotica (McCoy), 1851 – See Cocks, L.R.M. (1978): Lectotype Orthis (Hebertella) scotica (McCoy) – See Reed, F.R.C. (1917c) Orthis calligramma var. scotica (McCoy) – See Woods, H. (1891) Orthisina scotica McCoy – See Salter (1873) Orthis calligramma var. scotica (McCoy) – See Davidson (1869c) Orthisina scotica McCoy – See McCoy: Holotype Orthisina scotica McCoy – See McCoy (1851c) |
| Registration No. | A 33802 |
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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 Quarry, Davidson 1869), 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 pp.172-176 Cocks, L.R.M. 1978. A review of British Lower Palaeozoic Brachiopods, including a synoptic revision of Davidson's monograph Palaeontographical Society Monographs pp.53,194 Davidson 1869 c. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs iii part vi p.240 pl. xxxv figs.20, a-b (after mccoy's figs) McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii p.400 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology p.222 McCoy a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils p.232 pl. ih figs.2929 a-b Reed, F.R.C. 1917 c. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences vol. li part iv p.844 pl. viii figs.19, 19 a Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge p.61, a 143 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.56 |
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