Fossil specimen : BGS GSM56501 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Ostracoda Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Therichrynoecum forbesi (Jones) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Therichrynoecum forbesi (Jones) Darwinella leguminella Jones Cypridea punctata Forbes var Cypridea pasticalis Jones |
| Registration No. | GSM56501 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Fisher Rev O ? 1852 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | MIK(M)1020001 |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Ridgway - 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. 1970. Bull Geol Surv GB p.77-78 VIII 6 Jones TR. 1885. Ostracods of the Purbeck Formation p.324 pl VIII fig 8 Sylvester-Bradley. 1949. The Ostracod Genus Cypridea. Proc Geol Assoc p.145 |
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