Fossil specimen : BGS GSM25617 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Morrisiceras morrisi (Oppel) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Morrisiceras morrisi (Oppel) – See Morris & Lycett (1851): Holotype |
| Registration No. | GSM25617 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Lycett Collection. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Lycett, J. 1867 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Great Oolite - subcontractus zone. |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Minchinhampton - Glos. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Great Oolite Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Subcontractus |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Buckman, SS. 1922. Type Ammonites plCCLXXIII Cox & Arkell. 1950. Survey Great Oolite Mollusca p.93 Hahn. 1971. Jb.Geol.Landesamt. Baden-Wurttemberg p.88-90 Lissajous. 1923. Tray Lab, Geol.Fac.Sci. Lyon p.103-105 Lycett, J. 1863. Supplement to Great Oolite Mollusca p.121 Morris & Lycett. 1851. Mollusca of the Great Oolite Series p.12 pl2.,fig3 Oppel. 1857. Juraformation p.478 Roman. 1938. Ammonites jurassiques et cretacees p.204-205 Thierry, J. 1978. Mem.geol.Univ.Dijon p.293 Torrens, HS. 1970. Boll.Soc.Pal. Italy p.143 |
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