Fossil specimen : BGS GSM16775 – Undifferentiated Type
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Archinacella elongata (Portlock) |
| Type Status | Undifferentiated Type |
| Name History | Archinacella elongata (Portlock) Discina oblongata (Portlock) Orbicula elongata |
| Registration No. | GSM16775 |
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| Collector | Portlock |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
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| Locality | Desertcreat, Caradoc |
| 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 | Davidson 1866 Mon Brit Brach., [as Discina oblongata (Portlock) op.cit. Page 66 p.66 pl 7 fig 8 Portlock 1843 Geol of Londonderry and parts of Tyrone and Fernanagh p.445 pl 32 fig 13 Reed 1952 Proc Roy Irish Acad 55 B No 3 p.87-88 |
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