Fossil specimen : SM E 4936 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Cheirodus pes-ranae McCoy |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Cheirodus pes-ranae McCoy Cheirodus pes-ranae McCoy Cheirodus pes-ranae McCoy Cheirodus pes-ranae McCoy Cheirodus pes-ranae (McCoy) Chirodus pes-ranae McCoy: Holotype Chirodus pes-ranae McCoy |
| Registration No. | E 4936 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Locality | Derbyshire |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Carboniferous Limestone |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Visean Stage (Carboniferous Period) – Tournaisian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (329 – 358.9 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Bradley Dyne, M. 1939. Proceedings of the Zoological Society ser. b vol. 109 (8): p.195 Davis, J.W. 1883. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society vol. (2) i (5): p.523 pl. lxii figs.5, 5 a McCoy 1848 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History n. ser. (2) ii (1): p.131 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.26 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.616 pl.3 g figs.9, 9 a Traquair 1878. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (5) vol. ii (3): p.16 Traquair 1879. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences vol. xxix (4): p.363 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 (7): p.158 Woodward, A.S. 1891. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology vol. ii (6): p.536 |
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