Fossil specimen : OUM J.33946 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class Anthozoa Order Scleractinia |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Thamnstraea walfordi Tomes, 1882 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Thamnstraea walfordi Tomes, 1882 – See Walford (1899): Holotype Thamnstraea (Synastraea) walfordi Tomes, 1882 – See Tomes (1882): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.33946 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Walford, E.A. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Upper Pliensbachian |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Lias Group, Nodule Bed, Middle Lias |
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| Biozone | Pleuroceras spinatum |
| Geological Age |
Pliensbachian Age (Jurassic Period) (182.7 – 190.8 Ma B.P.) |
| References | TOMES, R.F. 1882. Description of a new species of coral from the Middle Lias of Oxfordshire. Q. Jl. geol. Soc. Lond., XXXVIII, 95-96. p. 96 WALFORD, E.A. 1899. The Lias Ironstone of North Oxfordshire, (around Banbury), 5-36. pp. 25, 34 |
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