Fossil specimen : BGS GSM114818 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera Class - Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Petromonile benstedii (Bensted) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Petromonile benstedii (Bensted) Siphonia benstedii (Bensted) |
| Registration No. | GSM114818 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Maidstone Museum Bensted WH 1973 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | Upper Aptian Hythe Beds Boughton Group |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Iguanodon Quarry Maidstone Kent |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Cretaceous Rocks (Undifferentiated) |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Cretaceous Period (Cretaceous Period) (66 – 145 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Bensted WH. 1862. The Geology of Maidstone the Geologist p.337 18 fig 3 Casey. 1961. Strat Pal of the Lower Greesand Palaeontology p.600 |
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