Fossil specimen : BGS GSM8619 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Pleuromya robusta (Tate) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Pleuromya robusta (Tate) – See Tate, R (1873): Holotype |
| Registration No. | GSM8619 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Tate Collection. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Tate, R. 1873 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Great Estuarine Series (probably Lower Ostrea Beds). This specimen collected by Tate (1873) is in the same sample box as V147c which was collected in 1936-7. |
| Country | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Loch Bay - Dunvegan - Skye. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Great Estuarine Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) – Bajocian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 170.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Anderson & Cox. 1948. Proc.Roy.Phys.Soc p.114 pl3.,fig1 Tate, R. 1873. Q.J.G.S p.350 pl12.,figs11a,b |
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