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Fossil specimen : BGS GSE5439 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -

Fossil Name Astarte staffinensis Anderson & Cox
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Astarte staffinensis Anderson & Cox

Provenance
Registration No. GSE5439
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Name not available
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Middle Limestone of Belemnite Sands Great Estuarine Series
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Staffin Bay Beach due E of Digg Skye
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Unknown Stratigraphy Of Any Age
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Not Available () (0 – 0 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Anderson & Cox. 1948. Proc Roy Phys Soc Edin I fig 11

Available Images

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/BGS/P834331.JP2

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