Fossil specimen : OUM J.08389 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order Ostreoida |
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| Fossil Name | Ostrea (Liostrea) quadrangularis Arkell, 1927 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Ostrea (Liostrea) quadrangularis Arkell, 1927 – See Arkell (1932): Holotype Ostrea quadrangularis Arkell, 1927 – See Arkell (1927): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.08389 |
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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 | Fox and Hounds Quarry, Littleworth, Oxfordshire |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Beckley Sand Member, Arkell's Trigonia hudlestoni Beds |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Oxfordian Age (Jurassic Period) (157.3 – 163.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | ARKELL, W.J. 1927. The Corallian Rocks of Oxford, Berks. and North Wilts. Phil. Trans. R. Soc., 216 (Series B), CCXVI, 67-181. p. 176; pl. 1, fig. 1 ARKELL, W.J. 1932. A Monograph of British Corallian Lamellibranchia, part 4. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 133-180, pls XIII-XX. p. 155; pl. XVIII, fig. 12 |
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