Fossil specimen : OUM J.00845 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order Heterostrophia |
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| Fossil Name | Aphanoptyxis eulimoides (Lycett, 1863) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Aphanoptyxis eulimoides (Lycett, 1863) – See Cox & Arkell (1948) Aphanoptyxis tomesi Arkell, 1931 – See Arkell (1931): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.00845 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Arkell, W.J. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Ashford Mill railway cutting, near Stonesfield, Oxfordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Sharp's Hill Formation, Walford's Nerinea eudesii 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. L, fig. 16 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. p. 79 |
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