Fossil specimen : SM E 4915 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Palaeonisciformes |
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| Fossil Name | Acrolepis hopkinsi (McCoy) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Acrolepis hopkinsi (McCoy) Acrolepis hopkinsi (McCoy) Acrolepis hopkinsi (McCoy) Holoptychius hopkinsii McCoy: Holotype |
| Registration No. | E 4915 |
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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 | McCoy 1848 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History n. ser. (2) ii (1): p.2 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.2 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 (2): p.609 pl. iii g fig.10 (lower figure) Traquair 1909. The ganoid fishes of the British Carboniferous formations Palaeontographical Society Monographs (5): p.109 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.157 Woodward 1891. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology (3): p.506 |
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