GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM11481 – Lectotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Brachiopoda

    Class -

      Order -
Fossil Name Stropheodonta (Brachyprion) rugifera (Portlock)
Type Status Lectotype
Name History

Stropheodonta (Brachyprion) rugifera (Portlock)
Provenance
Registration No. GSM11481
Collector Portlock
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country Northern Ireland
Locality Bardahessiagh, NI
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Bardahessiagh Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Caradoc Series (Ordovician Period) (449 – 458.4 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Late Ordovician Epoch ]

References
References

?Figd Portlock 1843 Geology of Londonderry etc [as Orthis rugifera] pl37 fig 2a(fide Reed 1952)

Reed 1952 Proc Roy Irish Acad 55 B No 3 p.47 pl 2 fig 2
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