Fossil specimen : BGS Geol.Soc.Coll.1564 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order Nuculoida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Nucula impressa Sowerby J de C |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Nucula impressa Sowerby J de C |
| Registration No. | Geol.Soc.Coll.1564 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Geol Soc Fitton Dr 1911 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
|
| Comments | Blackdown Greensand |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Blackdown Devon |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Greensand Formation |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Albian Age (Cretaceous Period) (100.5 – 113 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Sowerby J de C in Fitton. 1836. On the Strata Below the Chalk Trans Geol Soc. 2 p.342 XVII fig 10 Woods H. 1899. Mon Pal Soc Cretaceous Lamellibranchia p.23-24 IV fig 8a b |
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