Fossil specimen : BGS GSM72604 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Girtyoceras shorrocksi Moore |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Girtyoceras shorrocksi Moore |
| Registration No. | GSM72604 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Moore,EWJ 1945 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Lower Bowland Shales:near top of P2.[S26 of EWJM] |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Near Dinckley Ferry,River Ribble,Lancs |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lower Carboniferous Rocks (Undifferentiated) |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Dinantian Subsystem (Carboniferous Period) (326.4 – 359.2 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Moore EWJ 1936 Jou Man Geol Soc 1 p.177 Moore EWJ 1946 Proc Yorks Geol Soc XXV VI p.413 pl.XXII,fig.4 fig.18B,C |
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