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Fossil specimen : BRSUG 26187 – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Chordata

    Class Reptilia

      Order Captorhinida

Fossil Name Kapes bentoni Spencer and Storrs
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Kapes bentoni Spencer and Storrs

Provenance
Registration No. 26187
Collector Andrew, C.
Donor or Associated Person Spencer, P.S.
Held By University of Bristol Geology Collection
Comments right dentary of bicuspid procolophonid
Location
Country England
Locality Western end of Salcombe Hill Cliff, Sidmouth, East Devon
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Mid Trias, Anisian, Otter Sandstone Formation (Sherwood Sandstone Group); collected in situ from ledge of intraformational conglomerate close to low water mark
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Anisian Age (Triassic Period) (241.5 – 247.1 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Spencer, P.S. and Storrs, G.W. 2002. A Re-evaluation of small tetrapods from the Middle Triassic Otter Sandstone Formation of Devon, England. Palaeontology 45(3), pp. 447-467

Available Images

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