Fossil specimen : BGS RM2029 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Naiadites melvillei Trueman & Weir |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Naiadites melvillei Trueman & Weir Naiadites cf triangularis (Sowerby J de C) |
| Registration No. | RM2029 |
|---|---|
| Collector | survey 1943 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Below Knowles and above billy Coal top band of three nodule beds |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Chatterley Whitfield,Staffs |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Coal Measures Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | upper similis pulchra |
| Geological Age |
Westphalian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (308 – 319 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Moscovian Age – Bashkirian Age ] |
| References | Melville RV 1946 Ann & Mag Nat Hist Ser II XIII p.331 7g Trueman & Weir 1955 Mon Palaeont Soc Brit Carb Non Marine Lamellibranchs VIII p.216-242 |
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