Fossil specimen : BGS GSE2186 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Merostomata Order Eurypterida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Cyrtoctenus peachi Stormer & Waterston |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Cyrtoctenus peachi Stormer & Waterston Glyptoscorpius caledonicus (Salter) Glyptoscorpius (Cycadites) caledonicus Salter |
| Registration No. | GSE2186 |
|---|---|
| Collector | A Macconochie 1881 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | Calciferous Sandstone Series. |
| Country | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Lennel Braes - Tweedmill - Coldstream - Berwickshire. |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Ballagan Formation |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Chadian Substage (Carboniferous Period) – Courceyan Substage (Carboniferous Period) (344.5 – 358.9 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Visean Age – Tournaisian Age ] |
| References | Peach BN 1881 1882 Trans Roy Soc Edinburgh Vol 30 Part II (as Glyptoscorpius caledonicus) pl29.,fig17c Stormer & Waterston 1968 Proc Roy Soc Edinburgh Vol 68 Part 4 plii.,figs7-10,16 |
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