Fossil specimen : BGS GSM53003A – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Carbonicola protea Wright |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Carbonicola protea Wright |
| Registration No. | GSM53003A |
|---|---|
| Collector | survey 1931 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Formerly Dw 1603.Between Bassy and Lower Mountain Mine |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | River Darwen - South bank - Feniscowles - Lancs. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Coal Measures Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | lenisulcata |
| Geological Age |
Westphalian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (308 – 319 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Moscovian Age – Bashkirian Age ] |
| References | Eagar 1947 Phil Trans Roy Soc Ser B 593 pl.1,fig.2 36 Eagar 1948 Proc Roy Soc Edin B 63 II(8) fig.72 Eagar 1952 Liv & Manch Geol Journ I p.31 fig 8K Trueman & Weir Mon Pal Soc pl.XII,fig14 Wright WB 1934 Summer Prog for 1933 2 II fig,3a |
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