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Fossil specimen : BGS Ru9437 – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Trilobita

      Order Asaphida

Fossil Name Araiopleura stephani (Rushton)
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Araiopleura stephani (Rushton)

Provenance
Registration No. Ru9437
Collector S.P. Tunnicliff
Donor or Associated Person S.P. Tunnicliff 1978
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country Wales
Locality Trawsfynydd
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Dolgellau Formation
Biozone Acerocare
Geological Age

Merioneth Series (Cambrian Period) (485.4 – 499 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Furongian Epoch – Cambrian Series 3 ]

References
References

Rushton in Bassett & Dean. 1982. Cambrian-Ordovician Boundary. NMW Geol Series pl. 4 fig. 15

Available Images

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