Fossil specimen : BGS Zu4458 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Harpoceras falcifer (Sowerby J ) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Harpoceras falcifer (Sowerby J ) |
| Registration No. | Zu4458 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Baldwin, SA. (July 1982) 1982 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Upper Lias - Lower Toarcian [Whitbian] (falcifer zone). [Cast of Holotype] |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Ilminster - 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 | Buckman SS 1928 Type Ammonites Vol 7 (original specimen fig'd) pl 764 Dean WT Donovan DT & Howarth MK 1961 Bull Brit Mus (Nat Hist) Geol Vol 4 No 10 (Original specimen fig'd) pl72.,figs2a,b Sowerby J 1820 Min Conch of Gt Britain Vol 3 (original specimen fig'd) p.99 pl254.,fig2 |
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