Fossil specimen : OUM J.00828 – Paralectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order Heterostrophia |
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| Fossil Name | Aphanoptyxis ardleyensis Arkell, 1931 |
| Type Status | Paralectotype |
| Name History | Aphanoptyxis ardleyensis Arkell, 1931 – See Barker (2002): Paralectotype Aphanoptyxis ardleyensis Arkell, 1931 – See Cox & Arkell (1948): Syntype Aphanoptyxis ardleyensis Arkell, 1931 – See Arkell (1931): Syntype |
| Registration No. | J.00828 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Odling, M. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | On same slab as J.829 & J.830 |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Ardley-Fritwell railway cutting, Oxfordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | White Limestone Formation, Aphanoptyxis ardleyensis Bed |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | ARKELL, W.J. 1931. The Upper Great Oolite, Bradford Beds and Forest Marble of south Oxfordshire, and the succession of Gastropod Faunas in the Great Oolite. Q. Jl. geol. Soc. Lond., LXXXVII (4), 563-629, pls XLVII-LI. p. 619; pl. XLIX, fig. 4 (right) BARKER, M.J. 2002. Aphanoptyxis excavata sp. nov - eponymous gastropod of the Excavata Bed (White Lst Fmn). 244-245. In Cox, B.M. and SUMBLER, M.G. British Middle Jurassic Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review, 26. JNCC, Peterborough, xvi + 508 pp. p. 245; fig. 4.10 Gb COX, L.R. and ARKELL, W.J. 1948-1950. A survey of the Mollusca of the British Great Oolite Series. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 1-105. pp. 79, 80 |
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