Fossil specimen : BGS GSM70315 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Cassiope dorsetensis Menessier |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Cassiope dorsetensis Menessier Cassiope lujani (de Vermeuill) |
| Registration No. | GSM70315 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | survey Rhodes 1889 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | Punfield Beds |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Corfe near Taunton |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lower Greensand Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Albian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Aptian Age (Cretaceous Period) (100.5 – 126.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Arkell. 1947. Purbeck Memoir p.168 37 Menessier G. 1984. Dep Geology Univ Picardie p.76 27 fig 10a b |
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