Fossil specimen : BGS GSM24147 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Hippocardia praepristis Reed |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Hippocardia praepristis Reed Concardium dipterus (Salter) Concardium praepristis Reed |
| Registration No. | GSM24147 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Portlock |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments |
| Country | Ireland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Chair of Kildare |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Ashgill Formation |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Hirnantian Age (Ordovician Period) – Rawtheyan Stage (Ordovician Period) (443.8 – 447 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Pojeta & Runneger,1976,Geol. Surv. US.Prof. Pap. 968,pg. 76 Reed,1952,Proc.Roy.Irish Acad.55,B,no. 3,op. cit p.79-80 pl. IV,fig.11 Tunnicliff,1982,Pal. v. 25,pt.1,pg. 85 pl. 9,fig. 8 |
|---|
Available Images
High resolution photographs
/BGS/P813437.JP2
5794 KB
/BGS/P813440.JP2
3838 KB
Steroscopic photographs
/BGS/P814050.JP2
5888 KB
/BGS/P814051.JP2
4441 KB
View these images in your web browser using our JPEG2000 viewer. Zoom in and out and pan around in high resolution. Requires JavaScript to be enabled.
Download these images as high resolution JPEG2000 files. You may need to use image-editing software to view these files.
 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |