Fossil specimen : SM H 4472 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Cheirolepiformes |
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| Fossil Name | Cheirolepis traillii Agassiz |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Cheirolepis traillii Agassiz Cheirolepis velox McCoy Cheirolepis velox McCoy: Syntype |
| Registration No. | H 4472 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Pollexfen, J.H. |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | Scotland |
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| Locality | Orkney, Scotland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Old Red Sandstone |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Late Devonian Epoch (Devonian Period) – Pridoli Epoch (Silurian Period) (358.9 – 423.6 Ma B.P.) |
| References | McCoy 1848 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History n. ser. (2) ii (1): p.302 McCoy 1848 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History n. ser. (2) ii (1): McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.34 |
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