Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Acanthodii Order - |
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Fossil Name | Gyracanthus obliquus McCoy |
Type Status | Syntype |
Name History | Gyracanthus obliquus McCoy Gyracanthus obliquus McCoy: Syntype |
Registration No. | E 3943 |
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Collector | Name not available |
Donor or Associated Person | Griffith, R. |
Held By | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge |
Comments |
Country | Northern Ireland |
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Locality | Moyola R. (valley), Moyheeland, Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
Grid Reference | Not available |
Rock Unit | Yellow Sandstone (shale) |
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Biozone | Not available |
Geological Age |
Carboniferous Period (Carboniferous Period) (298.9 – 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.629 pl. iiik figs.14, 14 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.162 |
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