Fossil specimen : OUM J.03050a, b – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Pachycormiformes |
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| Fossil Name | Osteorachis macrocephalus Egerton, 1868 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Osteorachis macrocephalus Egerton, 1868 – See Powell & Edmonds (1978) ?Pachycormus macrurus Agassiz, 1839 – See Gardiner (1960): Holotype Osteorachis macrocephalus Egerton, 1868 – See Woodward (1895) ?Pachycormus macrurus Agassiz, 1839 – See Agassiz (1844): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.03050a, b |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Philpot, E. 1880 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Specimen in 2 pieces, now glued together |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Lyme Regis, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Blue Lias Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Sinemurian Age (Jurassic Period) – Rhaetian Age (Triassic Period) (190.8 – 209.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | AGASSIZ, L. 1844. Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles, II (II), Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, pp. 73-336. p. 113; pl. 58 a, fig. 3 (published 1839) GARDINER, B.G. 1960. A revision of certain Actinopterygian and Coelacanth fishes, chiefly from the Lias. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geology), 4 (7), 239-384. pp. 282 - 284 POWELL, H.P. and EDMONDS, J.M. 1978. List of Type-fossils in the Philpot Collection, Oxford University Museum. Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. archaeol. Soc., 98 (for 1976), 48-53. p. 51 WOODWARD, A.S. 1895. A Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III. Printed by order of the Trustees, London, 544 pp., pls I-XVIII. p. 325 |
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