GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : LIVCM 18.4.86.401 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Echinodermata

    Class Echinoidea

      Order Echinocystitoidea
Fossil Name Pholidocidaris
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Pholidocidaris

Protoechinus anceps Austin, 1860
Provenance
Registration No. 18.4.86.401
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Austin Collection
Held By World Museum Liverpool
Comments
Location
Country Ireland
Locality Hook Pt., Co. Wexford
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Hook Head Fm
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Carboniferous Period (Carboniferous Period) (298.9 – 358.9 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Austin, T A. 1860. The Geologist pp. 446-448

Bather, F A 1918. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, series 9, vol.1 pp. 40-48
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