Fossil specimen : OUM J.40410 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Odonata |
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| Fossil Name | Libellula westwoodi Phillips, 1871 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Libellula westwoodi Phillips, 1871 – See Powell (2005) Isophlebia gigantea (Buckland, 1838) – See Handlirsch (1906): Holotype Hemerobioides giganteus Buckland, 1838 – See Phillips (1871): Holotype Hemerobioides giganteus Buckland, 1838 – See Brodie (1845): Holotype Hemerobioides giganteus Buckland, 1838 – See Buckland (1838): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.40410 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Buckland, W. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Stonesfield, Oxfordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Stonesfield Slate |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | BRODIE, P.B. 1845. A History of Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England. (London: J. van Voorst), 130 pp., 11 pls. p. 45, 123; pl. 6, fig. 22 BUCKLAND, W. 1838. On the discovery of a fossil wing of a Neuropterous Insect in the Stonesfield Slate. Proc. geol. Soc., 2, 688. p. 688 HANDLIRSCH, A. 1906-1908. Die fossilen Insekten und die phylogenie der rezenten formen ein handbuch für paläontologen und zoologen. Vol. 2. Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. I-XL, pls I-LI. p. 583 PHILLIPS, J. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, xxiv + 523 pp., diagrs I-CCVII. p. 174; diag. XXXV POWELL, P. 2005. The Geology of Oxfordshire, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 108 pp. p. 35 (top left) |
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