GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSE2130 – Syntype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Merostomata

      Order Eurypterida
Fossil Name Dunsopterus stevensoni (Etheridge R jun)
Type Status Syntype
Name History

Dunsopterus stevensoni (Etheridge R jun)
Provenance
Registration No. GSE2130
Collector No name given.
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Calciferous Sandstone Series. 1" 26. No Parent Sample Number given.
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Kimmerghame Quarry - Blackadder Water - Duns - Berwickshire.
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Strathclyde Group
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Brigantian Substage (Carboniferous Period) – Chadian Substage (Carboniferous Period) (329 – 346.7 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Visean Age – Tournaisian Age ]

References
References

Etheridge RE jun Quart Journ Geol Soc Vol 33 (as Eurypterus stevensoni) p.224 Fig 1
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