Fossil specimen : BGS GSM89404 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Merostomata Order Eurypterida |
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| Fossil Name | Hughmilleria (Hughmilleria?) acuminata (Salter) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Hughmilleria (Hughmilleria?) acuminata (Salter) |
| Registration No. | GSM89404 |
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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 | Downtonian |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Ludlow Railway |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Simonstone Limestone |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Brigantian Substage (Carboniferous Period) (329 – 330.9 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Visean Age ] |
| References | Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 Journ of Pal 35 4 p.797 pl.95,fig9 Salter 1859 Quart Jour Geol Soc XV pl.X,fig.17 Woodward 1878 Mon Pal Soc p.146 pl.XXVIII,fig.13 |
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