Fossil specimen : SM J 3265 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Order Decapoda |
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| Fossil Name | Mechochirus pearcei McCoy |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Mechochirus pearcei McCoy Mechochirus pearcei McCoy: Syntype |
| Registration No. | J 3265 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Christian Malford, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Oxford Clay |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Oxfordian Age (Jurassic Period) – Callovian Age (Jurassic Period) (157.3 – 166.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Carter, James 1886. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xlii (3): p.557 pl. xvi fig.13 McCoy 1849 b. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 2 vol. iv (1): p.172 McCoy 1854 a. Contributions to British Palaeontology (2): p.172 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 (4): p.155 Woods, H. 1928. A monograph of the fossil Macrurous Crustacea of England Palaeontographical Society Monographs (5): p.68 |
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