Fossil specimen : BGS Zu4459 – Neotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguiere) |
| Type Status | Neotype |
| Name History | Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguiere) |
| Registration No. | Zu4459 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Baldwin, SA. (July 1982) 1982 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Middle Lias - Upper Pliensbachain [Domerian] - Marlstone Rock bed (spinatum zone. |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | South Petherton - Somerset. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lias Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) – Rhaetian Age (Triassic Period) (170.3 – 209.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Dean WT Donovan DT & Howarth MK 1961 Bull Brit Mus (Nat Hist) Geol Vol 4 No 10 (Original specimen fig'd) p.471 pl71.,figs1a,b Howarth MK 1958 Mon Pal Soc - Ammonites of the Liasssic Family Amaltheidae in Britain (Original specimen fig'd) p.36 pl7.,fig2 |
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