Fossil specimen : BMB BMB 007807 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea Order Valvatida |
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| Fossil Name | Oreaster bulbiferus Forbes |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Oreaster bulbiferus Forbes |
| Registration No. | BMB 007807 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Booth Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Woolwich, Kent |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Upper Chalk |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Late Cretaceous Epoch (Cretaceous Period) (66 – 100.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Forbes, E. 1850, 1878. Notes on Cretaceous Echinodermata. IN: Dixon, F., 1850, 1878. Forbes, E., 1850, IN Dixon, F., p.328-329, Plate xxiv, Fig.27 (not 7) |
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