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Fossil specimen : BGS GU738 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Brachiopoda

    Class Rhynchonellata

      Order Orthida

Fossil Name Salopina ordovicica Mitchell
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Salopina ordovicica Mitchell

Provenance
Registration No. GU738
Collector WI. Mitchell 1973
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country Northern Ireland
Locality S of Craigbardahessiagh, Pomeroy
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Bardahessiagh Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (449 – 458.4 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ]

References
References

Mitchell 1977, Pal. Soc. Mon p.52 10, fig.2, pl. 11,fig.2

Available Images

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Steroscopic photographs

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