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Fossil specimen : BGS Geol.Soc.Coll.1661 – Syntype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Cnidaria

    Class -

      Order -

Fossil Name Discocyathus fittoni (Edwards & Haime)
Type Status Syntype
Name History

Discocyathus fittoni (Edwards & Haime)

Cyclocyathus fittoni (Edwards & Haime)

Provenance
Registration No. Geol.Soc.Coll.1661
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Geol Soc (Fitton Dr)
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Folkestone
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Gault Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Albian Age (Cretaceous Period) (100.5 – 113 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Edwards & Haime. 1850. British Fossil Corals Mon Palaeont Soc p.63 XI fig 3a

Available Images

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