Fossil specimen : BGS Geol.Soc.Coll.6854 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class - Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Batostoma murchisoni Spjeldnaes |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Batostoma murchisoni Spjeldnaes Favosites fibrilla S Smith |
| Registration No. | Geol.Soc.Coll.6854 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Murchison 1911 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Horderley Edge |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated) |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (449 – 458.4 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | Edwards & Haine, 1855, Mon Palaeont Soc, Brit Corals, Page 261 p.261 pl 61 figs 5 & 5a Figd Edwards & Haine 1855 Mon Palaeont Soc Brit Corals, Page 261 p.261 pl 61 figs 5 & 5a Figd Spjeldnaes 1957 Geol Mag Vol 94 p.365 pl 13 fig 1 fig 1, A-B Lonsdale 1839 in Murchison "Silurian System" pl 15 bis fig 6 |
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