Fossil specimen : SM B 24160 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera Class Hexactinellida Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Ophrystoma ocellatum (Seeley ms.) |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Ophrystoma ocellatum (Seeley ms.) Ventriculites cavatus Toulmin Smith Ventriculites cavatus Toulmin Smith Porospongia ocellata (Seeley ms.): Syntype |
| Registration No. | B 24160 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Cambridge Greensand |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Albian Age (Cretaceous Period) (100.5 – 113 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Fisher, O. & Sollas 1873. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxix (1): pl. vi fig. 1 Hinde 1883. Catalogue of fossil sponges in the Geological department of the British Museum Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology (4): p.126 Jukes-Browne, A.J. 1876. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxxi (3): p.310 Sollas 1873. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxix (2): p.68 Woods, H. 1891. Catalogue of the Type Fossils in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. Henry Woods with preface by T. McKenny Hughes CUP. 180+xiv SPL: II. 16 (5): p.8 |
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