Fossil specimen : SM A 42853 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class - Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Sowerbyella |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Sowerbyella Christiana tenuicincta (McCoy) Leptaena tenuicincta McCoy Leptaena tenuicincta McCoy Leptaena tenuicincta McCoy: Holotype Leptaena tenuicincta McCoy |
| Registration No. | A 42853 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Cefn Grugos, Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Bala Bed |
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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 | McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii (1): P.401 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 (2): pp.239, 356 pl. lh figs.40 a-c McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.223 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (3): p.64 as b.252 Spjeldnaes, N. 1957 b. Norsk geologisk tidsskrift vol. xxvii (6): p.109-110 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 (4): p.54 |
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