Fossil specimen : BGS GSM72663 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Girtyoceras waitei Moore |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Girtyoceras waitei Moore |
| Registration No. | GSM72663 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Moore,EWJ 1945 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Lower Bowland Shales:50ft above S.Splendens band.P2 |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | In Stream 200yds E of Hill Clough,Barnoldswick,Yorkshire |
| 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 | Bisat 1952 Trans Leeds Geol Assoc VI IV p.168 fig.1g Moore EWJ 1946 Proc Yorks Geol Soc XXV VI p.416 plXXIII,fig.8 fig.19a |
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