Fossil specimen : BGS GSM47841 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Oppelia (Oxycerites) oxus (Buckman, SS.) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Oppelia (Oxycerites) oxus (Buckman, SS.) – See Buckman, J (1844) |
| Registration No. | GSM47841 |
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| Collector | Buckman Collection. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Buckman, SS. 1927 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Great Oolite - Stonesfield Slate. |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | W by S of Eyeford [Eyford] - Gloucestershire. |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Great Oolite Group |
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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 p.66-67 pl6.,fig8 16, No 2 Buckman, J. 1844. Geology of Cheltenham p.71 Buckman, SS. 1926. Type Ammonites plDCXLIV Sturani. 1966. Boll.Soc.Pal. Italy p.23 |
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