Fossil specimen : SM E 2850 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Orthocerida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Orthoceras cornu-vaccinum McCoy |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Orthoceras cornu-vaccinum McCoy Orthoceras (Cycloceras) cornu-vaccinum McCoy: Syntype Orthoceras (Poterioceras) cornu-vaccinum McCoy |
| Registration No. | E 2850 |
|---|---|
| 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 | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Lowick, Northumberland, England |
| 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 | McCoy 1853 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. xii (1): p.196 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.265 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.568 pl. iii h fig.17 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 (3): p.129 |
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