GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM28183 – Neotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Cnidaria

    Class -

      Order -

Fossil Name Labechia (Monticularia) conferta (Lonsdale)
Type Status Neotype
Name History

Labechia (Monticularia) conferta (Lonsdale)

Provenance
Registration No. GSM28183
Collector Murchison
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Formerly GSc 40.This sample also includes thin section slide M834
Location
Country England
Locality Benthall Edge,Shropshire
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Much Wenlock Limestone Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Homerian Age (Silurian Period) (427.4 – 430.5 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Smith S Summ prog 1931 pt II p.27 pl.1,figs.1,2

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