GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM47786 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Chordata

    Class Osteostraci

      Order Cephalaspidida
Fossil Name Cephalaspis watsoni Stensio
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Cephalaspis watsoni Stensio
Provenance
Registration No. GSM47786
Collector Kinnaird,Lord
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Rossie Priory,Perthshire
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Lower Old Red Sandstone
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Early Devonian Epoch (Devonian Period) (393.3 – 419.2 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Stensio 1932 Ceph Great Britain BM(NH)pub p.136-137 pl.XIX,fig.4 48
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