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Fossil specimen : BGS GSM11463 – Lectotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Brachiopoda

    Class -

      Order -

Fossil Name Gunnarella corrugatella (Davidson)
Type Status Lectotype
Name History

Gunnarella corrugatella (Davidson)

Orthis corrugata Portlock

Stropheodonta corrugatella (Davidson)

Provenance
Registration No. GSM11463
Collector Portlock
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country Northern Ireland
Locality Desertcreight, Tyrone,N. Ireland
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated)
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (449 – 458.4 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ]

References
References

Davidson,1871,Mon. Brit. Brach. (Pal. Soc.) pl.XLI,fig. 8,8a,8b

Mitchell,1977, pal. Soc. Mon. pg.98 pl. 20,fig. 20

Portlock,1843,Geology of Londonderry etc. pg. 450 as Orthis corrugata pl.XXXII,fig. 17

Reed,1952,Ord Foss. Tyrone.Proc. Roy.Irish Geol. 55,B, No. 3 pp. 45-46

Available Images

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