Fossil specimen : SM A 40366 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Chondrites acutangulus McCoy |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Chondrites acutangulus McCoy Chondrites acutangulus McCoy: Holotype Chondrites acutangulus McCoy |
| Registration No. | A 40366 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Locality | Low Fell, Lowes Water, Cumberland, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Skiddaw Slate |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Abereiddian Stage (Ordovician Period) – Arenig Series (Ordovician Period) (460.5 – 477.7 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Darriwilian Age – Early Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | McCoy 1848 b. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. iv (1): p.224 McCoy 1851 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils (2): pl. i a fig.5 Woods 1891 a. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (3): p.iA.445, Tablet 47 |
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