Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Orthida |
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Fossil Name | Platystrophia major Williams, 1955 |
Type Status | Paratype |
Name History | Platystrophia major Williams, 1955 Platystrophia precedens var. major Williams: Paratype Orthis (Platystrophia) biforata (Schlotheim) |
Registration No. | A 40908 |
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Collector | Name not available |
Donor or Associated Person | Fearnsides, William George (1879-1968) |
Held By | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge |
Comments |
Country | Wales |
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Locality | Derfel gorge, Arenig Station, Wales |
Grid Reference | Not available |
Rock Unit | Derfel Limestone |
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Biozone | Not available |
Geological Age |
Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (449 – 458.4 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ] |
References | Cocks, L.R.M. 1978. A review of British Lower Palaeozoic Brachiopods, including a synoptic revision of Davidson's monograph Palaeontographical Society Monographs (3): p.56 Elles, G.L. 1922. The Bala Country: its Structure and Rock Succession Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London volume lxxviii pages 132 - ? (1): p.169 Williams 1955. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B) vol. 238 (2): p.402 pl.38 fig.28 (a.40, 908a) fig.29 (b, artificial cast) |
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