Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order Ostreoida |
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Fossil Name | Ostrea distorta Sowerby, J de C. |
Type Status | Syntype |
Name History | Ostrea distorta Sowerby, J de C. – See Sowerby, J de C. in Fitton (1836): Syntype |
Registration No. | Geol.Soc.Coll.2695 |
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Collector | Geol.Soc.Coll. [ex Dr.Fitton] 1851 |
Donor or Associated Person | Geological Society. 1911 |
Held By | British Geological Survey |
Comments | Middle Purbeck. |
Country | England |
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Locality | Durlston Bay - Swanage. |
Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
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 | Melville, RV. 1982. Hampshire Basin Regional Guide pl7.,fig6 Sowerby, J de C. in Fitton. 1836. Transactions Geol.Soc p.346 plxxii.,fig2 |
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