Fossil specimen : SM A 37142 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Phacopida |
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| Fossil Name | Acastella minor (McCoy) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Acastella minor (McCoy): Lectotype Phacops downingiae Murchison Phacops (Odontochile) caudata var. minor McCoy: Syntype |
| Registration No. | A 37142 |
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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 | England |
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| Locality | Benson Knot, Kendal, Westmoreland, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Upper Ludlow |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ludlow Epoch (Silurian Period) (423.6 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | McCoy 1851 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils (1): p.161 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (2): p.177, b.4 Shergold 1967. Palaeontology vol. x (3): p.184 pl.25 fig.3 |
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