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Fossil specimen : BGS Geol.Soc.Coll.2698 – Neotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -

Fossil Name Eocallista (Hemicorbula) parva (Sowerby, J de C.)
Type Status Neotype
Name History

Eocallista (Hemicorbula) parva (Sowerby, J de C.) – See Casey, R (1955): Neotype

Provenance
Registration No. Geol.Soc.Coll.2698
Collector Geol.Soc.Coll. [ex Fitton.] 1911
Donor or Associated Person Geological Society 1911
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Middle Purbeck.
Location
Country England
Locality Lady Down - Vale of Wardour - Wiltshire.
Grid Reference Available from host institution
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Purbeck Group
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Berriasian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Tithonian Age (Jurassic Period) (139.4 – 152.1 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Casey, R. 1955. Jour.Washington Acad. Sci p.367-368 figs 4,5

Available Images

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