Fossil specimen : BGS GSM19412 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Phacopida |
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| Fossil Name | Acastella spinosa (Salter 1864) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Acastella spinosa (Salter 1864) Acaste spinosa (Salter) Phacops downingae var ?spinosa Acaste (Acastella) spinosa (Salter) |
| Registration No. | GSM19412 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Wyatt-Edgell, 1868 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | The Whitcliff, Ludlow |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ludlow Epoch (Silurian Period) (423.6 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Richter R & E 1954 Abh Senckenb naturf Ges 488 p.27 pl.4,fig.57 7 Salter 1864 BritTrilob Mon Pal Soc p.27 7 Shergold J 1966 Palaeontology 9 2 p.190 3e Shergold J 1967 Palaeontology 10 2 p.175 pl.24,fig.1 3e |
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