Fossil specimen : SM J 1172 – Topotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Astarte aytonensis Bean non Morris & Lycett |
| Type Status | Topotype |
| Name History | Astarte aytonensis Bean non Morris & Lycett: Topotype Astarte (Coelastarte) rectangula Arkell: Holotype Astarte aytonensis Lycett Astarte aytonensis Bean ms. |
| Registration No. | J 1172 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Leckenby, John (1814-1877) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Ayton, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Coral Rag |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Oxfordian Age (Jurassic Period) (157.3 – 163.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Arkell, W.J. 1934. A monograph of British Corallian Lamellibranchiata Palaeontographical Society Monographs (4): p.248 pl. xxxiii fig.16 Arkell, W.J. 1934. A monograph of British Corallian Lamellibranchiata Palaeontographical Society Monographs (5): p.248 pl. xxxiii fig.16 Blake, J.F. & Hudleston 1877. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxxiii (2): p.397 pl. xiv fig.11 Woods 1891 b. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxxiii (3): p.69 |
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