Fossil specimen : SM J 11378 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Owen |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Owen Spalacotherium tricuspidens Owen Spalacotherium tricuspidens Owen: Syntype |
| Registration No. | J 11378 |
|---|---|
| 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, Swanage (S.), Dorset, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Mammalian Bed (marly freshwater shales) |
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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.374 text-fig.1 Owen 1854 b. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. x (1): pp.426, 428 text-fig. 10 Owen 1871. Monograph on the fossil mammalia of the Mesozoic formations Palaeontographical Society Monographs (2): p.21 pl. i figs.33, 33 a-c Simpson 1928. A Catalogue of the Mesozoic mammalia in the geological department of the British Museum (3): p.100 erroneously states that this specimen is lost |
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