Fossil specimen : BGS GSM52447 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order Pleurotomarioidea |
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| Fossil Name | Pleurotomaria thomsoni Tate |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Pleurotomaria thomsoni Tate |
| Registration No. | GSM52447 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Portlock Collection 1843 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | White Limestone |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
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| Locality | Tamlaght Co Derry |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Chalk Group |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Maastrichtian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Cenomanian Age (Cretaceous Period) (66 – 100.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Cox. 1960. Bull Brit Mus Nat Hist p.420 Portlock. 1843. Geol Dep Londonderry p.421 Tate. 1865. QJGS p.37 XXI Woods. 1896. QJGS p.89 lii |
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