Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
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Fossil Name | Vanuxemia? contorta (Portlock) |
Type Status | Holotype |
Name History | Vanuxemia? contorta (Portlock) Ambonychia contorta Sowerby Inoceramus contortus |
Registration No. | GSM12435 |
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Collector | Portlock |
Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
Held By | British Geological Survey |
Comments |
Country | Northern Ireland |
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Locality | Desertcreight,Tyrone,NI |
Grid Reference | Not available |
Rock Unit | Killey Bridge Formation |
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Biozone | Not available |
Geological Age |
Cautleyan Stage (Ordovician Period) – Pusgillian Stage (Ordovician Period) (447 – 449 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Katian Age ] |
References | Portlock,1843,Geol. Rep. Londonderry [as Inoceramus contortus]pg. 422 pl.XXXII,fig.5 Reed,1952,Proc.roy. Irish Acad. ,55,B,no. 3,op cit pp. 68-9 pl.III,fig. 12 Tunnicliff,1982,Pal. v. 25,pt1,pg. 70 pl. 13,fig. 4 |
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