GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BRSUG 305 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Cnidaria

    Class -

      Order -
Fossil Name Vaughania vetus Smyth
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Vaughania vetus Smyth
Provenance
Registration No. 305
Collector Stoddart, W.W.
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By University of Bristol Geology Collection
Comments Figured by Vaughan, 1903 as Cleistopora geometrica Edwards and Haime: Pl. 1 fig. 3
Location
Country England
Locality Avon Section
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Tournaisian: K. zone: K2 subzone
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Tournaisian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (346.7 – 358.9 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Smyth, L.B., 1927 Sci. Proc. Roy. Soc. Dublin XVIII

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