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Fossil specimen : OUM J.29522 – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Gastropoda

      Order Heterostrophia

Fossil Name Aphanoptyxis excavata Barker, 2002
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Aphanoptyxis excavata Barker, 2002 – See Barker (2002): Paratype

Provenance
Registration No. J.29522
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Barker, M. 2000
Held By Oxford University Museum of Natural History Logo Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Sturt Farm, near Burford, Oxfordshire
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit White Limestone Formation, Barker's Bed 5 (Excavata Bed)
Biozone Morrisiceras morrisi
Geological Age

Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 Ma B.P.)

References
References

BARKER, M.J. 2002. Aphanoptyxis excavata sp. nov - eponymous gastropod of the Excavata Bed (White Lst Fmn). 244-245. In Cox, B.M. and SUMBLER, M.G. British Middle Jurassic Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review, 26. JNCC, Peterborough, xvi + 508 pp. pp. 244 - 245

Available Images

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