Fossil specimen : BGS GSM47172 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Pate (Morphoceras) macrescens (Buckman, S.S.) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Pate (Morphoceras) macrescens (Buckman, S.S.) – See Buckman, S.S (1923): Holotype |
| Registration No. | GSM47172 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Buckman Collection. 1924 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Buckman, S.S. 1924 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Inferior Oolite, Parkinsoni Zone, Zigzag Subzone. Label indicates 3 casts were made of the specimen GSM 47172 (macrescens) on the date of: 20/07/1973 by RDC. |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Grange Quarry - Broadwindsor - Dorset. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Inferior Oolite Group |
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| Biozone | zigzag |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) – Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 174.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Arkell. 1955. Bathonian Ammonites, Mon. Palaeont.Soc p.133-134 pl16., fig 4 Buckman, S.S. 1923. Type Ammonites pl CCC LXXVI Hahn. 1970. Jb.Geol.Landesamt.Baden-Wurttemberg p.35-37 Mangold. 1970. Geobios p.69-72 |
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