Fossil specimen : SM J 5730 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Macrocephalites (Dolikephalites) typicus Blake |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Macrocephalites (Dolikephalites) typicus Blake Macrocephalites (Dolikephalites) typicus Blake: Holotype Macrocephalus typicus Blake: Undifferentiated Type |
| Registration No. | J 5730 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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| Locality | Scarborough, Yorkshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Cornbrash |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Callovian Age (Jurassic Period) – Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (163.5 – 168.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Blake, J.F. 1905. A monograph of the fauna of the Cornbrash Palaeontographical Society Monographs (1): p.42 pl. iii figs.1 a-b Callomon, J.H. 1955. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B) vol. 239 (4): p.242 Cox, L.R. & Arkell, W.J. 1950. A survey of the mollusca of the British Great Oolite series Palaeontographical Society Monographs (2): p.93 Cox, L.R. & Arkell, W.J. 1950. A survey of the mollusca of the British Great Oolite series Palaeontographical Society Monographs (3): p.93 explanation of Blake's pl.iii |
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