Fossil specimen : BGS Geol.Soc.Coll.6916 – Undifferentiated Type
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Tropidodiscus acutus (J de C Sowerby) |
| Type Status | Undifferentiated Type |
| Name History | Tropidodiscus acutus (J de C Sowerby) Oxydiscus acutus (J de C Sowerby) |
| Registration No. | Geol.Soc.Coll.6916 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Geological Society 1911 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Horderley, Shropshire |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (449 – 458.4 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ] |
| References | J de C Sowerby in Murchison 1839 Silurian System p.643 pl. 19 fig 14 Reed "Mon Brit Ord Sil Bell" Palaeont Soc 1918 p.19 pl. 4 figs 1, 1a,b |
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