Fossil specimen : SM J 11379 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Peralestes longirostris Owen |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Peralestes longirostris Owen Phascolestes dubius Owen Peralestes: Syntype Spalacotherium tricuspidens Owen: Syntype |
| Registration No. | J 11379 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Brodie, W.R. (1780-1863) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Durdlestone Bay, Durlstone, Swannage (S.), Dorset, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Purbeck |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Berriasian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Tithonian Age (Jurassic Period) (139.4 – 152.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Clemens 1963. Palaeontology vol. vi (4): p.375 text-fig.2 Owen 1854 b. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. x (1): pp.426, 430 text-fig. 12 Owen 1871. Monograph on the fossil mammalia of the Mesozoic formations Palaeontographical Society Monographs (2): p.36 pl. i figs.40, 40 a in explanation of plate Simpson 1928. A Catalogue of the Mesozoic mammalia in the geological department of the British Museum (3): p.143 erroneously states that the proper type of Peralestes dubius [i.e. this specimen] cannot be found |
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