Fossil specimen : BGS GSM27817 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Virgatosphinctoides distans (Neaverson) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Virgatosphinctoides distans (Neaverson) Sphinctoceras distans (Neaverson) |
| Registration No. | GSM27817 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Buckman S 1914 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Headington - Oxford. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Kimmeridge Clay Formation |
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| Biozone | wheatleyensis |
| Geological Age |
Kimmeridgian Age (Jurassic Period) (152.1 – 157.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Arkell. 1933. Jurrassic System p.461 Buckman. 1927. Type Ammonites. VII DCXXXVIII C-D Neaverson. 1925. Ammonites Upper Kimmeridge Clay Liverpool University p.23 IV fig 3 B12-15 Spath. 1936. Medd Om Gronland p.14 Bd 99 3 |
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