Fossil specimen : BGS GSM117568 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Ostracoda Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Mantelliana purbeckensis (Forbes) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Mantelliana purbeckensis (Forbes) – See Jones, TR (1885): Lectotype |
| Registration No. | GSM117568 |
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| Collector | Gibbs - Old Survey Collection 1850 – 1860 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Lower Purbeck - Cypris Bed No 7 in O. |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Bacon Hole - Dorset. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Purbeck Group |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Berriasian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Tithonian Age (Jurassic Period) (139.4 – 152.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Anderson, FW. 1966. British Jurassic and Cretaceous Ostracods. Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Geology) p.437-439 2,4,5,6 Jones, TR. 1885. Ostracods of the Purbeck Formation - Q.J.G.S p.325 |
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