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Fossil specimen : NMS NMS G.1885.26.72.G – Lectotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Merostomata

      Order Eurypterida

Fossil Name Parastylonurus ornatus Laurie
Type Status Lectotype
Name History

Parastylonurus ornatus Laurie

Provenance
Registration No. NMS G.1885.26.72.G
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By National Museums of Scotland
Comments
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Gutterford Burn, Pentland Hills
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Eurypterid Bed, Gutterford Burn Flagstone, Reservoir Fm.
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Silurian Period (Silurian Period) (419.2 – 443.8 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Waterston, C.D., 1979. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. 70, p. 254 Pl. 1, fig. 2; Pl. II, fig. 2; text fig. 3a

Available Images

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