Fossil specimen : BGS GSM35462 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Phacopida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Sphaerocoryphe globiceps (Portlock) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Sphaerocoryphe globiceps (Portlock) Staurocephalus globiceps Portlock Ceraurus globiceps |
| Registration No. | GSM35462 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Portlock |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | [Tramare, Waterford in 1865 catalogue] |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Desertcreight |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| 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 | Begg, J.L. 1940, Geol.Mag. LXXVII cited. p.298 Lane, 1971, Pal.Soc.Mon. p.61 pl.13, fig.5 Portlock, 1843, Geol.Rep.Londonderry, etc. cited, ibid. p.257 pl.1, fig.7 Reed, 1952, Proc.Roy.Irish Acad. 55B No.3, cited p.121 Salter, 1864, Geol.Surv.Deaades XI. cited ibid, p.3 pl.v, fig.6 Salter, 1865, Mon.Brit.Trilobites. cited ibid, p.85 pl.viii, fig. 21a, 216 |
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