Fossil specimen : SM E 1250 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Actinopteria persulcata (McCoy) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Actinopteria persulcata (McCoy): Lectotype Actinopteria persulcata (McCoy) Pteronites persulcatus McCoy: Holotype Pteronites persulcatus McCoy Pteronites persulcatus McCoy |
| Registration No. | E 1250 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Lowick, Northumberland, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Carboniferous Limestone |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Visean Stage (Carboniferous Period) – Tournaisian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (329 – 358.9 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Hind 1901. A monograph of the British Carboniferous Lamellibranchiata Palaeontographical Society Monographs vol. ii (5): p.23 pl. iv fig.9 McCoy 1851 b. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. vii (1): p.170 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (2): p.202 McCoy 1855 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils Geol. Mus. Cambridge (3): p.480 pl. iii f, fig.1 Wilson 1962. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain no. 19 (6): p.55 pl. iv fig.5 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.90 |
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