Fossil specimen : SM A 60335 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Orthocerida |
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| Fossil Name | Orthoceras sericeum Salter |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Orthoceras sericeum Salter Orthoceras sericeum Salter Orthoceras sericeum Salter Orthoceras sericeum Salter: Syntype |
| Registration No. | A 60335 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Homfray, David (1822-1893) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | Wales |
|---|---|
| Locality | Garth, Portmadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Upper Tremadoc |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Tremadoc Series (Ordovician Period) (477.7 – 485.4 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Tremadocian Age ] |
| References | Blake, J.F. 1882. A monograph of the British fossil Cephalopoda vol. i Palaeontographical Society Monographs (4): p.138 Ramsay 1866 b. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales vol. iii (1st edition) (1): p.356 pl. x fig. 5 Salter & Ramsay 1881. The geology of North Wales Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales 2nd edition (2): p.564 pl. x fig. 5 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (3): p.18 Salter's no. b 322 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 (5): p.130 |
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