GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM7615 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Echinodermata

    Class Crinoidea

      Order Monobathrida
Fossil Name Amphoracrinus portlocki Wright
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Amphoracrinus portlocki Wright
Provenance
Registration No. GSM7615
Collector Portlock
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments [XII 6/70 (XIII 5/31)]
Location
Country Northern Ireland
Locality Cleenish, Tonyloman, Fermanagh.
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Dinantian Subsystem (Carboniferous Period) (326.4 – 359.2 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Allen (1901) Cat types Pal Echinodermata Summer Prog p 206 p.203

Portlock Geol Rep Londonderry etc 1843 Pl15 figs 4 a & b 5 a & b as Actinocrinites amphora p 347 p.347 pl15,fig4ab5ab

Wright J (1955) Mon British Crinoidea Pl L figs 15-18 21 ibid p 203 p.203 pll.,figs15-18
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