Fossil specimen : OUM J.02359 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order Pectinida |
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| Fossil Name | Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlötheim, 1813) |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlötheim, 1813) – See Johnson (1984) Camptonectes giganteus Arkell, 1926 – See Donovan (1953): Syntype Camptonectes giganteus Arkell, 1926 – See Arkell (1930): Syntype Camptonectes giganteus Arkell, 1926 – See Arkell (1926): Syntype |
| Registration No. | J.02359 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Windmill Quarry, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Beckley Sand Member, Shell-cum-Pebble Bed |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Oxfordian Age (Jurassic Period) (157.3 – 163.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | ARKELL, W.J. 1926. Studies in the Corallian Lamellibranch fauna of Oxford, Berks and Wilts, II. Pectinidae. Geol. Mag., LXIII, 534-555. pp. 544 - 545 ARKELL, W.J. 1930. A Monograph of British Corallian Lamellibranchia, part 2. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 73-104, pls V-VIII. p. 100 DONOVAN, D.T. 1953. The Jurassic and Cretaceous stratigraphy and palaeontology of Traill Ø, East Greenland. Meddr Grønland, III (4), 1-150, pls 1-25. p. 71 JOHNSON, A.L.A. 1984. The Palaeobiology of the bivalve families Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae in the Jurassic of Europe. Zitteliana, 11, 1-235, 11 pls. p. 118 |
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