Fossil specimen : SM J 2874 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class Anthozoa Order Scleractinia |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Protoseris waltoni Edwards & Haime |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Protoseris waltoni Edwards & Haime Protoseris waltoni Edwards & Haime: Holotype |
| Registration No. | J 2874 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Walton |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Osmington, Dorset, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Coral Rag |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Oxfordian Age (Jurassic Period) (157.3 – 163.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Edwards & Haime 1881. A monograph of the British fossil corals Palaeontographical Society Monographs (1): p.103 pl. xx figs.1, 1 a-c Negus & Beauvais 1979. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association vol. 90 (3): p.225 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 (2): p.27 |
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