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Fossil specimen : BGS BDA156 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Trilobita

      Order Ptychopariida

Fossil Name Olenus veles (Rushton)
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Olenus veles (Rushton)

Provenance
Registration No. BDA156
Collector Survey
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Merevale
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Outwoods Shale Formation
Biozone O. wahlenbergi
Geological Age

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

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

References
References

Rushton. 1983. Trilobites and other early arthropods. Spec. Pap. Pal. 30 p.126-128 pl. 17 fig. 11

Available Images

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