Fossil specimen : BGS GSM24783 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Tiltoniceras antiquum (Wright) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Tiltoniceras antiquum (Wright) Tiltoniceras acutum Tate |
| Registration No. | GSM24783 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Tate, R. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | Upper Lias (tenuicostatum zone). |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Kings Sutton - Northants. |
| 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 | Donovan DT 1954 Synoptic Supplement to Wright's Monograph 'Monogr Palaeontogr Soc (as Tiltoniceras acutum) p.51 Gabilly 1976 Toarcian a Thouars p.61 Geczy B 1967 Geol Hungarica Palaeontol 35 p.122 Howarth MK 1973 Bull BM (NH) Geol Vol 24 p.266-267 Schlegelmilch R 1976 Ammoniten der Suddentschen Lias pl46.,fig5 Tate R 1875 Quart Journ Geol Soc London Vol 31 (as Ammonites acutus) p.204 Wright T 1884 Monogr Liassic ammonites of British Islands (as Harpoceras acutum (Tate) p.469 pl82.,figs7,8 |
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