GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : NMS NMS G.1987.7.121p – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Chordata

    Class Sarcopterygii

      Order -
Fossil Name Pinnalongus saxoni
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Pinnalongus saxoni
Provenance
Registration No. NMS G.1987.7.121p
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By National Museums of Scotland
Comments
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Brims Ness, near Thurso, Caithness
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Brims Ness Fish beds, Middle Old Red Sandstone
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Eifelian Age (Devonian Period) (387.7 – 393.3 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Newman, M.S. and den Blaauwon(?), J.L., 2007. Palaeontology, 50 (6), 1403-1419. Text fig.1

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