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Fossil specimen : BGS GSM49171 – Paralectotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Echinodermata

    Class -

      Order -

Fossil Name Teichaster stokesii (Forbes)
Type Status Paralectotype
Name History

Teichaster stokesii (Forbes)

Goniaster stokesii (Forbes)

Provenance
Registration No. GSM49171
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Stokes C Esq
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Sheppey
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit London Clay Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Eocene Epoch (Palaeogene Period) (33.9 – 56 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Forbes E. 1848. Mem Geol Surv British Fossil Asteroidae p.475

Forbes E. 1849. Mem Geol Surv Dec I p.1-2 III fig 1c

Wienberg-Rosmussen H. 1972. Kongel Dansk Vid Selsk Biologiske p.52-53 19 fig 7

Available Images

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Steroscopic photographs

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