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Fossil specimen : BGS GSM32152b – Lectotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Brachiopoda

    Class -

      Order -

Fossil Name Sowerbyella antiqua Jones
Type Status Lectotype
Name History

Sowerbyella antiqua Jones

Provenance
Registration No. GSM32152b
Collector survey 1901
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country Wales
Locality Maesyfallen, Llandeilo,Carmarthenshire
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Llandeilo Limestone Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) – Abereiddian Stage (Ordovician Period) (449 – 465.5 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch – Darriwilian Age ]

References
References

MacGregor 1961 Paleontology, Vol 4 Part 2 p.201

OT Jones Mem geol. Surv. Pal. vol.1 pt.5 1928 p.419 XXI fig.10,11

Spjeldnaes, 1957, Norsk Geol. Tidskr vol. 37 pt. 1 p.84

Available Images

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