Fossil specimen : SM A 41218 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Orthida |
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| Fossil Name | Hirnantia sagittifera (McCoy), 1851 |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Hirnantia sagittifera (McCoy), 1851 Orthis sagittifera McCoy Orthis sagittifera McCoy Orthis sagittifera McCoy Orthis sagittifera McCoy: Syntype Orthis sagittifera McCoy |
| Registration No. | A 41218 |
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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 | Wales |
|---|---|
| Locality | Aber Hirnant, Bala, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Bala Bed ((Hirnant Limestone)) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ashgill Series (Ordovician Period) (443.8 – 449 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | Davidson 1896. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs iii part vii (3): p.260 pl. xxxvi fig.20 (copy of mccoy's fig.) McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii (1): p.398 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): pp.227, 351 pl.1 h fig.17 a McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.220 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (4): p.81 a/180 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.57 |
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