Fossil specimen : BGS GSM53074 – Paratype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Carbonicola obliqua Wright |
| Type Status | Paratype |
| Name History | Carbonicola obliqua Wright |
| Registration No. | GSM53074 |
|---|---|
| Collector | survey 1929 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | 20-30ft below Rambler or Upper Mountain Mine.Formerly Hs 1831 |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Ravenshead Brickwork Quarry Holland Moor |
| 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 no 593vol 233 pl.1f,VII Trueman & Weir 1947 Pal Soc Mon pl.XII,fig.19 Wright WB 1934 Summ Prog for1933 2 II p.15 |
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