Fossil specimen : SM J 6566 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Spiroceras waltoni (Morris) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Spiroceras waltoni (Morris): Holotype Ancyloceras waltoni Morris Ancyloceras waltoni Morris: Undifferentiated Type |
| Registration No. | J 6566 |
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| 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 | Bridport, Dorset, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Inferior Oolite ([Shell Bed]) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) – Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 174.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Buckman, S.S. 1925. Yorkshire type ammonites vol. v (3): pl. dxl photograph reproduced Morris 1845. Annals and Magazine of Natural History vol. xv (1): p.33 pl. vi figs.5 a-c 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.125 |
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