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Fossil specimen : BGS GSM89407A – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Merostomata

      Order Eurypterida

Fossil Name Erettopterus (Erettopterus) spatulatus Kjellesvig-Waering
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Erettopterus (Erettopterus) spatulatus Kjellesvig-Waering

Eurypterus? lateralis Salter

Cf Slimonia sp

Provenance
Registration No. GSM89407A
Collector no history
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Ludlow Railway
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
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
References

Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 Journ of Pal 35 4 p.823

Available Images

High resolution photographs

/BGS/P813360.JP2

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/BGS/P813366.JP2

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Steroscopic photographs

/BGS/P814025.JP2

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/BGS/P814027.JP2

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