Fossil specimen : SM J 3272 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Meleagrinella lycetti (Rollier) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Meleagrinella lycetti (Rollier): Lectotype Pseudomonotis lycetti Rollier: Syntype Avicula braamburiensis Sowerby, J. de C. Avicula braamburiensis Sowerby, J. de C. |
| Registration No. | J 3272 |
|---|---|
| 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 | White Nab, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Grey Limestone |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) – Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 174.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Cox, L.R. & Arkell, W.J. 1948. A survey of the mollusca of the British Great Oolite series Palaeontographical Society Monographs (5): explaination of pl. xv fig.7 Douglas & Arkell, W.J. 1932. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. lxxxviii (4): p.165 Morris, J. & Lycett, J. 1853. A monograph of the Mollusca from the Great Oolite, chiefly from Minchinhampton and the coast of Yorkshire Palaeontographical Society Monographs vol. ii (1): p.129 pl. xv fig.7 Rollier 1914. Fossiles nouveaux ou peu connus des terrains secondaires, mesozoiques, du Jura et des contres environnantes Memoires de la Societe Paleontologique Suisse vol. xl (3): p.410 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.71 |
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