Fossil specimen : OUM J.37550 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order Neotaenioglossa |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Paraglauconia purbeckensis Arkell, 1841 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Paraglauconia purbeckensis Arkell, 1841 – See Mennessier (1984): Holotype Paraglauconia strombiformis Schlotheim – See Arkell (1941) |
| Registration No. | J.37550 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Arkell, W.J. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
|
| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Durlston Bay, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Durlston Formation, Highest limestone band of Corbula Beds, above Toad's Eye Bed |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Berriasian Age (Cretaceous Period) (139.4 – 145 Ma B.P.) |
| References | ARKELL, W.J. 1941. The gastropods of the Purbeck Beds. Q. Jl. geol. Soc. Lond., XCVII (1), 79-128. pp. 98, 102; text-fig. 30; holotype of variety MENNESSIER, G. 1984. Révision des gasteropodes appartenant á la famille des Cassiopidae Kollman = Glaucomidae Ptchelintseu. Travaux du Départment de Géologie de l'Université de Picardie, 1, 189 pp. p. 13; pl. 1, figs 1 a - c |
|---|
Available Images
High resolution photographs
/OUMNH/P854299.jp2
1258 KB
Steroscopic photographs
/OUMNH/P856481.jp2
3595 KB
View these images in your web browser using our JPEG2000 viewer. Zoom in and out and pan around in high resolution. Requires JavaScript to be enabled.
Download these images as high resolution JPEG2000 files. You may need to use image-editing software to view these files.
 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |