Fossil specimen : SM X 2002 – Paratype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Class Cystoidea Order Diploporita |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Gomphocystites asper Paul |
| Type Status | Paratype |
| Name History | Gomphocystites asper Paul: Paratype |
| Registration No. | X 2002 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Paul, C.R.C. |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments | fragments : (parts b-d) |
| Country | Wales |
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| Locality | Meifod (roadside quarry 700m. S.W.), Powys, Wales |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Craig Wen Sandstone Formation (limestone masses) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Hirnantian Age (Ordovician Period) (443.8 – 445.2 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Paul, C.R.C. 1984. British Ordovician cystoids Palaeontographical Society Monographs part 2 (1): pp.66-68, pl.26, fig.10 |
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