Fossil specimen : SM H 4423 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Acanthodii Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Cheiracanthus grandispinus McCoy |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Cheiracanthus grandispinus McCoy Cheiracanthus grandispinus McCoy: Holotype Cheiracanthus grandispinus McCoy |
| Registration No. | H 4423 |
|---|---|
| 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, Caithness, Scotland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Caithness Flags |
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| 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): McCoy 1848 a. Annals and Magazine of Natural History n. ser. (2) ii (1): p.300 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (1): p.32 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 (1): 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.582 pl.2b figs.1, 1a 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 (2): 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.157 |
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