Fossil specimen : BGS GSM89379 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Merostomata Order Eurypterida |
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| Fossil Name | Erettopterus (Erettopterus) spatulatus Kjellesvig-Waering |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Erettopterus (Erettopterus) spatulatus Kjellesvig-Waering Pterygotus sp |
| Registration No. | GSM89379 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Lightbody,R 1858 – 1859 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Ludlow Railway |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Downton Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Early Devonian Epoch (Devonian Period) – Pridoli Epoch (Silurian Period) (393.3 – 423.6 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Huxley & Salter Monograph 1 Mem Geol Surv 1859 p.51 pl.XII,fig.23 Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 Journ of Pal vol 35 no 4 p.821-823 pl.94,96,fig.4,25 2 Stormer L Skrift ut av Det Norske Viden-Akad 1 Oslo 1 Matem Natur Klasse no 10 1934 pg 95 Woodward Mon pal Soc Foss Crust 1878 pl XVI fig 4 p.73 |
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