GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BRSUG 26823 – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Chordata

    Class Pteraspidomorphi

      Order Heterostraci
Fossil Name Phialaspis pococki var. sabrinae White
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Phialaspis pococki var. sabrinae White
Provenance
Registration No. 26823
Collector Whittard, W.F.
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By University of Bristol Geology Collection
Comments external mould of fragment of ventral disc
Location
Country England
Locality Section on sothern shore of dock basin 60 yds W 39 deg N of Sharpness Hotel, Sharpness, Gloucestershire. Loc. B of White 1946
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Old Red Sandstone: Downtonian
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Devonian Period (Devonian Period) – Silurian Period (Silurian Period) (358.9 – 443.8 Ma B.P.)

References
References

White, E.I. 1946. The genus Phialaspis and the "Psammosteus Limestones". QJGS vol. 101, pp. 207-242

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