Fossil specimen : BGS GSM59970 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Coleoidea |
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| Fossil Name | Acroteuthis prismaticus Swinnerton |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Acroteuthis prismaticus Swinnerton |
| Registration No. | GSM59970 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Swinnerton HH Esq 1937 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Claxby Ironstone |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Nettleton Mine Lincolnshire. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Claxby Ironstone Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Hauterivian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Valanginian Age (Cretaceous Period) (130.8 – 139.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Swinnerton. 1936. Cretaceous Belemnites Mon Palaeont Soc p.27 IX figs 7a b |
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