Fossil specimen : SM A 40563 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Class Ophiuroidea Order Oegophiurida |
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| Fossil Name | Urosoma hirudo (Forbes) |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Urosoma hirudo (Forbes) Protaster petri Salter Protaster petri Salter: Syntype |
| Registration No. | A 40563 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Peters, J. |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | Wales |
|---|---|
| Locality | Bala, Merionethshire, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Middle Bala |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ashgill Series (Ordovician Period) – Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (443.8 – 458.4 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (1): p.47, a.108 Spencer 1930. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa Palaeontographical Society Monographs (3): p.436 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 (2): p.36 |
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