Fossil specimen : BGS GSM48644 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Carbonicola carissima Wright |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Carbonicola carissima Wright Anthracosia carissima Wright |
| Registration No. | GSM48644 |
|---|---|
| Collector | survey 1927 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | Formerly He 2899 A Modiolaris zone,below Peel Hall Sandstone |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Oaken Bottom Mills,Tonge Fold |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Coal Measures Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | modiolaris |
| Geological Age |
Westphalian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (308 – 319 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Moscovian Age – Bashkirian Age ] |
| References | Mem Geol Surv 1 85 Manchester p.141 fig.52C Wright WB 1929 Summer Prog for 1928 II p.42 pl.I,fig.99A |
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