Fossil specimen : OUM J.14781 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Belemnitida |
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| Fossil Name | Megateuthis glaber (Simpson, 1855) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Megateuthis glaber (Simpson, 1855) – See Doyle (1992) Belemnites ventralis Phillips, 1867 – See Doyle (1992): Holotype Belemnites ventralis Phillips, 1867 – See Phillips (1867): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.14781 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Phillips, J. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Robin Hood's Bay, Ravenscar, North Yorkshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | ? Alum Shale Member - Fox Cliff Mudstone Member |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Toarcian Age (Jurassic Period) (174.1 – 182.7 Ma B.P.) |
| References | DOYLE, P. 1992. The British Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) belemnites, part 2. Palaeonotogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 50-79, pls 18-28. p. 66; pl. 26, fig. 2 DOYLE, P. 1992. The British Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) belemnites, part 2. Palaeonotogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 50-79, pls 18-28. p. 66; pl. 26, fig. 2 PHILLIPS, J. 1867. A Monograph of British Belemnitidae: Jurassic, part 3. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 53-88, pls VIII-XX. p. 80; pl. XVII, fig. 44 |
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