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Fossil specimen : BGS Zf1021 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -

Fossil Name Modiolopsis expansa Portlock
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Modiolopsis expansa Portlock

Provenance
Registration No. Zf1021
Collector Portlock Coll
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Zf1021 is taken from K4201, Counterpart of GSM12447 Holotype of Orthodesma tyronense Reed electro type cast
Location
Country Northern Ireland
Locality Desertcreat, Caradoc
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated)
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (449 – 458.4 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ]

References
References

Available Images

High resolution photographs

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Steroscopic photographs

/BGS/P827726.JP2

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