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Fossil specimen : BGS RX1542 – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Trilobita

      Order Asaphida

Fossil Name Prospectatrix brevior
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Prospectatrix brevior

Provenance
Registration No. RX1542
Collector Name not available 1984
Donor or Associated Person Palaeont Assoc
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality River Calder, 1120m @ 297 deg from Latter Barrows, 6km E of Egremont Cumbria
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Skiddaw Group
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Llanvirn Series (Ordovician Period) – Tremadoc Series (Ordovician Period) (458.4 – 485.4 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Mid Ordovician Epoch – Tremadocian Age ]

References
References

A Rushton. 1988. Palaeontology 68 3

Available Images

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