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Fossil specimen : BGS GSM108103 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -

Fossil Name Parallelodon hettangiensis (Terquem)
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Parallelodon hettangiensis (Terquem)

Pteromya wilkesleyensis Cox

Provenance
Registration No. GSM108103
Collector British Geological Survey - Allander, R. 1959
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Lower Lias "Pre-planorbis Beds" - planorbis zone - planorbis subzone. 1" 122 (Nantwich). NGR: 628 415. Bh No: SJ 64 SW/7.
Location
Country England
Locality Wilkesley Bh - Whitchurch - Cheshire.
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Lias Group
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) – Rhaetian Age (Triassic Period) (170.3 – 209.5 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Cox LR 1963 Palaeontology 6 p.590

Available Images

High resolution photographs

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Steroscopic photographs

/BGS/P833391.JP2

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