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Fossil specimen : BGS GSM9777 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Porifera

    Class -

      Order -

Fossil Name Cliona cretacea (Portlock)
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Cliona cretacea (Portlock)

Provenance
Registration No. GSM9777
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person portlock Collection
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Magilligan Co Londonderry
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Chalk Group
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Maastrichtian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Cenomanian Age (Cretaceous Period) (66 – 100.5 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Portlock. 1843. Report on the geology of Londonderry Tyrone & Fermanagh p.360

Available Images

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