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Fossil specimen : BGS Ru2546 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Fungi

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Fossil Name Copelandia memerbyensis Jones
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Copelandia memerbyensis Jones

Provenance
Registration No. Ru2546
Collector Rushton & Wadge 1968
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality P of Penrith Memoir, digging on fell side Alston road, Melmerby
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Dufton Shale Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Ashgill Series (Ordovician Period) – Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (443.8 – 458.4 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ]

References
References

Jones C R. 1987. Mon Pal Soc p.84 24 10-11

Available Images

High resolution photographs

/BGS/P816525.JP2

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Steroscopic photographs

/BGS/P816814.JP2

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