Fossil specimen : SM B 17681 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Freiastarte praetypica Casey |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Freiastarte praetypica Casey: Holotype Astarte |
| Registration No. | B 17681 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Wiltshire |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Folkestone, Kent, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Sandgate Bed (matrix = Bed 1 (Price)) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Aptian Age (Cretaceous Period) (113 – 126.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Casey, R. 1961. Palaeontology vol. 3 (2): p.579 Woods 1906 a. A monograph of the Cretaceous Lamellibranchiata Palaeontographical Society Monographs vol. ii (1): p.111 pl. xv fig. 3 |
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