Fossil specimen : SM J 3483 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera Class Hexactinellida Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Verrucocoelia major (Sollas) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Verrucocoelia major (Sollas) Plectospyris major Sollas: Holotype |
| Registration No. | J 3483 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Whidborne, George Ferris (1845-1910) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Inferior Oolite |
|---|---|
| Biozone | parkinsoni (upper part) |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) – Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 174.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Hinde 1893. A monograph of the British fossil sponges (2): p.201 pl. xi fig.4 Sollas 1883. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxxix (1): p.546 |
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