Fossil specimen : SM J 3488 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera Class Demospongea Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Melonella ovata (Sollas) |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Melonella ovata (Sollas) Emploca ovata Sollas: Syntype |
| Registration No. | J 3488 |
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| 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 | Dundry Hill, Bristol |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Inferior Oolite |
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| Biozone | humphreysianum |
| 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.207 pl. xiii fig.1 (j.3, 488a, b) fig.1 b (j.3, 488c) Sollas 1883. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxxix (1): p.542 pl. xx fig. a (j.3, 488a, b) |
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