Fossil specimen : BGS GSM52013 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Rhynchonellida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Sulcirhynchia hythensis Owen |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Sulcirhynchia hythensis Owen Terebratula elegans Sowerby J de C |
| Registration No. | GSM52013 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Hills 1858 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Hythe Beds The fitton numbrers on this specimen prove that these were the specimens used by Sowerby 1836 see MS drawings and Fitton Catalogue AAM 1978 |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Lympne Kent |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lower Greensand Group |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Albian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Aptian Age (Cretaceous Period) (100.5 – 126.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Sowerby J de C. 1836. in Fitton Trans Geol Soc Lond XIV fig 11 |
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