Fossil specimen : SM H 4418 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Acanthodii Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Diplacanthus longispinus Agassiz |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Diplacanthus longispinus Agassiz Diplacanthus perarmatus McCoy: Holotype Diplacanthus perarmatus McCoy |
| Registration No. | H 4418 |
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| 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 | 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.301 McCoy 1848 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History n. ser. (2) ii (1): McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.33 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): 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.585 pl.2b figs.3,3a 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.160 |
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