Fossil specimen : BGS GSM8946 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Trilobita Order Ptychopariida |
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| Fossil Name | Olenus cataractes Salter |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Olenus cataractes Salter |
| Registration No. | GSM8946 |
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| Collector | Survey (J.W.Salter) 1859 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | Wales |
|---|---|
| Locality | Treflys |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lingula Flags |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Merioneth Series (Cambrian Period) – St David's Series (Cambrian Period) (485.4 – 508 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Furongian Epoch – Cambrian Series 3 ] |
| References | ?Salter. 1864. Mem. Geol. Surv p.1-2 pl. 8 fig. 14 ?Salter. 1866. Mem. Geol. Surv p.300-301 pl. 5 fig. 23 Lake. 1908. British Cambrian Trilobites. Mon. Palaeont. Soc p.56 pl. 5 figs. 13 Rushton. 1983. Trilobites and other early arthropods. Spec. Pap. Pal. 30 pl. 18 fig. 2 |
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