Fossil specimen : BGS GSM47783 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Oppelia (Oxycerites) limosa (Buckman, SS.) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Oppelia (Oxycerites) limosa (Buckman, SS.) – See Buckman, SS (1925) |
| Registration No. | GSM47783 |
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| Collector | Buckman Collection. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Buckman, SS. 1927 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Fuller's Earth - basal. |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Blck Rocks - Eype - Dorset. |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Fuller's Earth Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Arkell, WJ. 1951. Bathonian Ammonites pl5.,fig7 Buckman, SS. 1925. Type Ammonites plDCXIII Hahn. 1968. Jb.Geol.Landesamt. Baden-Wurttemberg p.33-36 Solly & Walker. 1891. Proc.Dorset Nat.Hist.Antig.Field Club p.119 Westermann. 1958. Beih.Geol.Jahb p.46 |
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