Fossil specimen : OUM J.43606 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Breviacanthus brevis (Phillips, 1871) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Breviacanthus brevis (Phillips, 1871) – See Maisey (1976): Holotype Nemacanthus brevis Phillips, 1871 – See Woodward & Sherborn (1890): Holotype Nemacanthus brevis Phillips, 1871 – See Phillips (1871): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.43606 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Old OUM Collection |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Fin spine |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Stonesfield, Oxfordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Stonesfield Slate |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | MAISEY, J.G. 1976. The Middle Jurassic selachian fish Breviacanthus n. g. Neues Jb. Geol. Paläont. Mh., 7, 432-438. p. 436; fig. 2 A PHILLIPS, J. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, xxiv + 523 pp., diagrs I-CCVII. p. 178; diag. XXXVIII, figs 3 - 5 WOODWARD, A.S. and SHERBORN, C.D. 1890. A Catalogue of British fossil Vertebrata. Dulau and Co., London, 396 pp. p. 126 |
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