Fossil specimen : BGS GSM32776 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Orthocerida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Orthoceras? pertinens Blake |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Orthoceras? pertinens Blake |
| Registration No. | GSM32776 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | C.W. Peach 1859 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments |
| Country | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Durness,Sutherland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Durness Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Abereiddian Stage (Ordovician Period) – Comley Series (Cambrian Period) (460.5 – 526 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Darriwilian Age – Terreneuvian Epoch ] |
| References | Blake. 1882. British Fossil Cephalopoda pl.3, fig 11 |
|---|
Available Images
High resolution photographs
/BGS/P831535.JP2
4180 KB
Steroscopic photographs
/BGS/P832173.JP2
4501 KB
View these images in your web browser using our JPEG2000 viewer. Zoom in and out and pan around in high resolution. Requires JavaScript to be enabled.
Download these images as high resolution JPEG2000 files. You may need to use image-editing software to view these files.
 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |