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Praearcturus gigas Woodward, 1871

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Rank: Species
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Parent: Praearcturus Woodward, 1871
Specific Name: gigas
Authorship: Woodward
Publication: Woodward, Henry. 1871 On the remains of a giant isopod Praearcturus gigas,(H . Woodward) from the Old Red Sandstone of Rowlestone Quarry, Herefordshire. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club 187(1): 266-270.
Page: 266
Figure(s): 5 figs
Type Specimen(s): LECTOTYPE (designated by Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986: 121): (BMNH 1.534), Lower Devonian, Old Red Sandstone (Comstones), Rowlestone, Herefordshire, England, UK.
Type Locality: Old Red Sandstone (Comstones), Rowlestone, Herefordshire, England, UK.
Fossil: Yes