Fossil specimen : OUM J.32388 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order Cardiida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Protocardia bombax Tate, 1875 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Protocardia bombax Tate, 1875 – See Beesley (1877): Holotype Protocardia bombax Tate, 1875 – See Tate (1875): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.32388 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Beesley, T. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Lower Pliensbachian |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Fenny Compton Railway, Warwickshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Lias Group, Lower Lias |
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| Biozone | Uptonia jamesoni – Tragophylloceras ibex |
| Geological Age |
Pliensbachian Age (Jurassic Period) (182.7 – 190.8 Ma B.P.) |
| References | BEESLEY, T. 1877. The Lias of Fenny Compton, Warwickshire. Proc. Warwick. Nat. and Arch. Field Club, 1-22. pp. 112, 113 TATE, R. 1875. On the Lias about Radstock. Q. Jl. geol Soc. Lond., XXXII, 493-510. p. 509 |
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