Fossil specimen : BGS GSM18188 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class - Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Dipteronotus cyphus Egerton |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Dipteronotus cyphus Egerton |
| Registration No. | GSM18188 |
|---|---|
| Collector | survey |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Keuper sandstone (Bunter fide Egerton) Specimen and counterpart |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Bromsgrove,Worcestershire |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Keuper Sandstone |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Anisian Age (Triassic Period) – Early Triassic Epoch (Triassic Period) (241.5 – 252.2 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Beasley 1904 BA Report p.8-10 Egerton Sir Phillip 1854 QJGS 10 p.369-370 pl,11,fig 1,2 Gall JC Grauvogel L Lehmann JP 1974 Annales de Palaeontologie t60 fasc 2 part 5 planche 5 p.5-7 Milner HR Gardiner BG Fraser NC & Taylor MH 1990 Palaeontology 33/4 p.874 Woodward AS 1895 BMNH Catalogue of Fossil Fishes 3 p.157 |
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