Fossil specimen : OUM J.01293 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Kosmoceras gemmatum (Phillips, 1829) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Kosmoceras gemmatum (Phillips, 1829) – See Arkell (1939) Ammonites gemmatus Phillips, 1829 – See Phillips (1829): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.01293 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | ? Phillips, J. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Arkell,1939, states that holotype is lost & selects Sedgwick Museum J.4822 as neotype |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Hackness, North Yorkshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Hackness Rock |
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| Biozone | Peltoceras athleta – Quenstedtoceras lamberti |
| Geological Age |
Callovian Age (Jurassic Period) (163.5 – 166.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | ARKELL, W.J. 1939. The Ammonite succession at the Woodham Brick Company's Pit, Akeman Street Station, Buckinghamshire, and its bearing on the classification of the Oxford Clay. Q. Jl geol. Soc. Lond., XCV (2), 135-222, pls VIII-XI. p. 189 PHILLIPS, J. 1829. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or, a description of the Strata of the Yorkshire Coast, part 1. Thomas Wilson and Sons, York. xvi + 192 pp., 14 pls. ? pp. 141, 189; ? pl. VI, fig. 17 |
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