Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Merostomata Order Eurypterida |
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Fossil Name | Drepanopterus abonensis Simpson 1951 |
Type Status | Paratype |
Name History | Drepanopterus abonensis Simpson 1951 |
Registration No. | 9956 |
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Collector | Fry, T.R. |
Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
Held By | University of Bristol Geology Collection |
Comments | Podomeres of the middle parts of appendages V and VI (comments by Tetlie) |
Country | England |
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Locality | Woodhill Bay, Portishead, Nr. Bristol |
Grid Reference | Not available |
Rock Unit | Upper Old Red Sandstone, Portishead Beds, immediately above fish bed (Bed 10) in Woodhill Bay sequence. |
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Biozone | Not available |
Geological Age |
Devonian Period (Devonian Period) (358.9 – 419.2 Ma B.P.) |
References | Simpson, S. 1951, A new Eurypterid from the Upper Old Red Sandstone of Portishead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12th Series vol. 4 no. 45, pp. 850-861 |
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