Fossil specimen : OUM J.40629 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera Class Demospongea Order Spirosclerophorida |
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| Fossil Name | Platychonia elegans Sollas, 1883 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Platychonia elegans Sollas, 1883 – See Sollas (1883): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.40629 |
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| Collector | Whidborne, Mr |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Burton Bradstock, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Inferior Oolite Group |
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| Biozone | Parkinsonia parkinsoni |
| Geological Age |
Bajocian Age (Jurassic Period) (168.3 – 170.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | SOLLAS, W.J. 1883. Description of fossil sponges from the Inferior Oolite, with a notice of some from the Great Oolite. Q. Jl. geol. Soc. Lond., XXXIX (4), 541-554. p. 547; pl. XXI, figs 22, 25 |
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