Fossil specimen : SM A 41198 - A 41200 – Paratype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Orthida |
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| Fossil Name | Orthis hirnantensis McCoy |
| Type Status | Paratype |
| Name History | Orthis hirnantensis McCoy Orthis hirnantensis McCoy: Paratype Orthis hirnantensis McCoy |
| Registration No. | A 41198 - A 41200 |
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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 | Hirnant Limestone |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Hirnantian Age (Ordovician Period) (443.8 – 445.2 Ma B.P.) |
| References | McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii (1): p.395 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 (3): pp.219, 351 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (2): p.217 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (4): p.81 b/382 |
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