Fossil specimen : BGS GSM26408 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Whitbyceras pingue (Simpson) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Whitbyceras pingue (Simpson) |
| Registration No. | GSM26408 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Clarkson,WB 1913 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Upper Lias - Jet Rock falcifer zone, exaratum subzone. (Also contains 2 casts. Specimen exposed to Ammonia Gas and then doped with Ply vinyl acetate in Toluen 7.2.1955). |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Whitby - N Yorks. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lias Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | taylori |
| Geological Age |
Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) – Rhaetian Age (Triassic Period) (170.3 – 209.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Arkell WJ et al 1957 Treatise Mollusca 4 p.258 fig289 - 10a,b Buckman SS 1913 Yorks Type Ammonites Vol II plate LXXX Howarth MK 1962 Palaeontology Vol 5 p.121 Simpson M 1855 Fossils of the Yorkshire Lias (as A pingue Simpson) p.100 |
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