Fossil specimen : BGS Zh3012 – Paratype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Ostracoda Order Palaeocopida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Geisina? sp nov |
| Type Status | Paratype |
| Name History | Geisina? sp nov |
| Registration No. | Zh3012 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Stobbs, JT. 1942 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | Coal Measures - Upper similis-pulchra zone 58ft below Knowles Coal. (Photos also included with specimen) |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Great Fenton Colliery - N Staffs. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Coal Measures Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| 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 Vol XIII Ser 11 p.331 7b |
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