GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : NMS NMS G.1950.38.87 – Undifferentiated Type

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Chordata

    Class Actinopterygii

      Order Palaeonisciformes
Fossil Name Nematoptychius greenocki Traquair
Type Status Undifferentiated Type
Name History

Nematoptychius greenocki Traquair
Provenance
Registration No. NMS G.1950.38.87
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By National Museums of Scotland
Comments
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Wardie, Edinburgh
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Calciferous sandstone series
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

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

References
References

Gardiner, B.G., 1963 Bull.Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Geology, 8, num. 6, pp. 278, 280, 282. Figs. 7-8
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