Fossil specimen : SM J 5813 – Paratype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Opis (Coelopis) boxensis Cox & Arkell |
| Type Status | Paratype |
| Name History | Opis (Coelopis) boxensis Cox & Arkell Opis (Coelopis) boxensis Cox & Arkell: Paratype Opis luciensis d'Orbigny Opis luciensis d'Orbigny |
| Registration No. | J 5813 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Walton |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Box Tunnel, Bath, Somerset, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Great Oolite |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 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 (3): p.29 Cox, L.R. & Arkell, W.J. 1950. A survey of the mollusca of the British Great Oolite series Palaeontographical Society Monographs (4): explanation of Lycett's pl.xl Lycett, J. 1863. A supplementary monograph on the Mollusca from the Stonesfield Slate, Great Oolite, Forest Marble, and Cornbrash Palaeontographical Society Monographs (1): p.62 pl. xl fig.19 a 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.83 |
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