Fossil specimen : BGS BW144 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Choffatia (Loboplanulites) kranaiformis Arkell |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Choffatia (Loboplanulites) kranaiformis Arkell – See Arkell, WJ (1954): Holotype |
| Registration No. | BW144 |
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| Collector | Welch, Dr. FBA. (BGS) 1931 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Lower Cornbrash. |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | No.3 Cutting, Railway Relief Line, Frome, Somerset. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Cornbrash Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Callovian Age (Jurassic Period) – Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (163.5 – 168.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Arkell, WJ. 1954. Bathonian Ammonites p.119 Arkell, WJ. 1958. Bathonian Ammonites p.224-225 79, No 1, 82 Krystyn. 1972. Annln.Naturh.Mus. Wien p.282-283 Mangold. 1970. Docum Lab.Geol.Fac.Sci. Lyon p.159 |
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