Fossil specimen : BGS GSM48654 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class - Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Heterastrea insignis (Duncan) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Heterastrea insignis (Duncan) Isastrea insignis (Duncan) |
| Registration No. | GSM48654 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Tomes, R F Esq 1891 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | "presented by" |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Lyme Regis - Dorset. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lower Lias (Undifferentiated) |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Pliensbachian Age (Jurassic Period) – Hettangian Age (Jurassic Period) (182.7 – 201.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Duncan 1868 Mon of Brit Fossil Corals Palaeont Soc Pl.13, fig.10-11 Tomes 1888 Geol Mag (as Isastrea insignis) p.213 |
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