Fossil specimen : BGS GSM56401 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class - Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Chonetes lepisma (Dalman) var Salter |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Chonetes lepisma (Dalman) var Salter Leptaena lepisma var minor Salter |
| Registration No. | GSM56401 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | old collections |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Aymestry Limestone |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Aymestry, Herefordshire. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Aymestry Limestone Formation |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Gorstian Age (Silurian Period) (425.6 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Cocks. 1978. Pal Soc Mon Review of British Lower Palaeozoic Brachiopds p.135 Davidson. 1871. Mon Brit Foss Brach Palaeont Soc 49 10,11,12 Salter. 1848. Mem Geol Surv 26 4 Stubblefield J. 1938. Summer Prog for 1936 p.45 |
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