Fossil specimen : BGS GSM47160 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Protgrammoceras paltum (Buckman SS) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Protgrammoceras paltum (Buckman SS) |
| Registration No. | GSM47160 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Buckman, SS 1924 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Upper Lias - Junction Bed - Layer P (tenuiscostatum zone, paltum subzone). 1" 327. |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Thorncombe Beacon - Dorset. |
| 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 | Arkell WJ 1957 Treatise on Invertebrate Palaeontology p.256 Fig 289 Buckman SS 1922 Type Ammonites (as Paltarpites paltus) plate CCCLXII A Gabilly 1976 Toarcian a Thouars p.71-76 Geczy B 1967 Geol Hungarica Palaeontol 34 p.121 Hirano H 1971 Mem Fac Sci Kyushu Univ D 21 p.114-115 Howarth MK 1973 Bull BM (NH) Geol Vol 24 p.265 |
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