Fossil specimen : OUM K.00188 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Lithancylus grandis (J. de C. Sowerby, 1828) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Lithancylus grandis (J. de C. Sowerby, 1828) – See Casey (1961): Holotype Hamites grandis J. de C. Sowerby, 1828 – See J. de C. Sowerby (1828): Holotype |
| Registration No. | K.00188 |
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| 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 | On the estate of E. Hughes, parish of Smeeth, near Hythe, Kent |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Lower Greensand Formation, Kentish Ragstone, Hythe Beds |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Aptian Age (Cretaceous Period) (113 – 126.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | CASEY, R. 1961. A monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Lower Greensand. Part II. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 45-118, pls XI-XXV. pp. 70 - 75; text-fig. 28 SOWERBY, J. de C. 1828. The mineral conchology of Great Britain. Volume VI (102). Printed by B. Meredith, London, pp. 185-200, pls DXCII-DXCVII. p. 187; pl. DXCIII, fig. 1 |
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