Fossil specimen : OUM K.02048 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Metasigaloceras rusticum (J. Sowerby, 1817) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Metasigaloceras rusticum (J. Sowerby, 1817) – See Wright & Kennedy (1981): Holotype Metasigaloceras rusticum (J. Sowerby, 1817) – See Kennedy & Hancock (1976): Holotype Ammonites rusticus J. Sowerby, 1817 – See J. Sowerby (1817): Holotype |
| Registration No. | K.02048 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Old OUM Collection; Buckland, W. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Combe Pyne, Devon |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Chalk Group, Middle Chalk |
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| Biozone | Mammites nodosoides |
| Geological Age |
Turonian Age (Cretaceous Period) (89.8 – 93.9 Ma B.P.) |
| References | KENNEDY, W.J. and HANCOCK, J.M. 1976. The Mid-Cretaceous of the United Kingdom. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Nice, IV, V.1-V.72. p. V. 40; pl. 16, figs 1 a - c SOWERBY, J. 1817. The mineral conchology of Great Britain. Volume II (31). Printed by B. Meredith, London, pp. 167-178, pls CLXXV-CLXXX. p. 171; pl. CLXXVII WRIGHT, C.W. and KENNEDY, W.J. 1981. The Ammonoidea of the Plenus Marls and the Middle Chalk. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 134 (560), 1-148, pls 1-32. pp. 83 - 84; pl. 27 |
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