Fossil specimen : BGS GSE1140 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Thelodonti Order Furcacaudiformes |
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| Fossil Name | Lanarkia horrida Traquair |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Lanarkia horrida Traquair |
| Registration No. | GSE1140 |
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| Collector | Geol. Surv. of Scotland |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Downtonian |
| Country | Scotland |
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| Locality | Seggholm |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Silurian Rocks (Undifferentiated) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Silurian Period (Silurian Period) (419.2 – 443.8 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Marss & Ritchie 1998 Articulated Thelodonts (Agnatha) of Scotland TRSE : ES 88 p.170. This specimen was chosen by Turner 1976 as holotype of Lanarkia spinosa Traquair 1898-1899 Fishes Collected by Geol Survey in Silurian Rocks of S of Scotland Trans Royal Soc Edin 39 III pl.III, 7 |
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