GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM7871 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -
Fossil Name Cercomya myacina (Tate)
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Cercomya myacina (Tate)
Provenance
Registration No. GSM7871
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Tate Collection 1870 – 1872
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Lower Lias (angulatus z).
Location
Country Northern Ireland
Locality Island Magee, Antrim
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Lias Group
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) – Rhaetian Age (Triassic Period) (170.3 – 209.5 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Tate 1870 Ann Report Belfast Nat FC App 1 (as Holotype of Anatina myacina Tate) p.22
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