Fossil specimen : SM E 5395 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Class Blastoidea Order Fissiculata |
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| Fossil Name | Codaster acutus McCoy |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Codaster acutus McCoy Codonaster trilobatus McCoy Codaster trilobatus McCoy Codaster trilobatus McCoy: Holotype Codaster trilobatus McCoy |
| Registration No. | E 5395 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Hopkins, W. |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Derbyshire |
| 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 | Joysey 1953. Geological Magazine vol. xc (5): PP.208, 212 McCoy 1849 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 2 vol. iii (1): P.251 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (3): p.112 McCoy 1951. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils. (error for 1851 ??) (2): p.123 pl. iii d figs.8, 8 a 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.43 |
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