Fossil specimen : SM H 3883 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Strophomenata Order Strophomenida |
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| Fossil Name | Streptorhynchus gigas (McCoy) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Streptorhynchus gigas (McCoy) Streptorhynchus gigas (McCoy) Strophomena gigas McCoy Leptaena (Strophomena) gigas McCoy: Holotype Strophomena gigas McCoy |
| Registration No. | H 3883 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Looe, Cornwall, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Shale |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Devonian Period (Devonian Period) (358.9 – 419.2 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Davidson 1865. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs vol. iii vi (4): p.83 pl.xvi fig.1 McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii (1): McCoy 1851 c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (2) vol. viii (1): p.485 McCoy 1852 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils Palaeontographical Society Monographs (1): McCoy 1852 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils Palaeontographical Society Monographs (2): p.386 pl.iia fig.7 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (3): p.236 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): 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 (1): 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 (5): p.63 |
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