GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM74705 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Echinodermata

    Class Crinoidea

      Order Monobathrida
Fossil Name Platycrinites fermanaghensis Wright
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Platycrinites fermanaghensis Wright

Platycrinus megastylus M'Coy
Provenance
Registration No. GSM74705
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Earl of Enniskillen
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country Northern Ireland
Locality Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
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

Wright J 1956 Brit carb crinoidea Mon Palaeont Soc vol II pt 3 p.287 pl.LXX,figs 12-15
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