Fossil specimen : SM E 4405 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Order Petalodontiformes |
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| Fossil Name | Janassa clavata (McCoy) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Janassa clavata (McCoy) Chomatodus (Petalodus) truncatus McCoy ex Agassiz nom. nud.: Holotype |
| Registration No. | E 4405 |
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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 | Northern Ireland |
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| Locality | Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| 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 | 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 (1): p.618 pl. iii i figs.1, 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 (2): p.163 |
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