Fossil specimen : SM H 4496 - H 4497 – Paratype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Placodermi Order Arthrodira |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Coccosteus cuspidatus Miller |
| Type Status | Paratype |
| Name History | Coccosteus cuspidatus Miller Coccosteus cuspidatus Miller Coccosteus decipiens Agassiz Coccosteus decipiens Agassiz Coccosteus decipiens Agassiz Coccosteus pusillus McCoy: Paratype Coccosteus pusillus McCoy |
| Registration No. | H 4496 - H 4497 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Locality | Orkney, Scotland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Sandwick Fish Bed (almost certainly) |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Eifelian Age (Devonian Period) (387.7 – 393.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | McCoy 1848 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History n. ser. (2) ii (1): p.298 McCoy 1848 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History n. ser. (2) ii (1): McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.30 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.603 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): Miles & Westoll 1963. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences vol. lxv (6): p.203 Miles & Westoll 1968 a. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences vol. lxvii (7): pp.375, 376 (footnote) Miles & Westoll 1968 a. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences vol. lxvii (3): Traquair 1888. Geological Magazine n.s. dec.3, vol. v (4): p.511 Woodward, A.S. 1891. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology vol. ii (5): p.283 |
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