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Fossil specimen : BGS GSE771 – Syntype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Cephalopoda

      Order Orthocerida

Fossil Name Orthoceras etheridgei Blake
Type Status Syntype
Name History

Orthoceras etheridgei Blake

Provenance
Registration No. GSE771
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Raeberry Castle
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated)
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Wenlock Epoch (Silurian Period) (427.4 – 433.4 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Blake JF 1882 Brit Fossil Cephalopods I pl.VI,fig.6,6a

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