Fossil specimen : BGS GSM10233 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Asaphida |
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| Fossil Name | Platypeltis primaeva Lake |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Platypeltis primaeva Lake Psilocephalus inflatus Salter |
| Registration No. | GSM10233 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Homfray 1859 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | Wales |
|---|---|
| Locality | Trwyn cae Iago |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Tremadoc Rocks (Undifferentiated) |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Tremadoc Series (Ordovician Period) (477.7 – 485.4 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Tremadocian Age ] |
| References | Lake P, 1942 Mon Brit Camb Trilobites Pl XLIV, fig 10 Pl XLIV, fig 10 Mem Geol Surv, Vol 3, 1866 p.316 Woodcut 8c Salter, 1866, Mon Brit Trilobites p.176 fig 41c |
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