Fossil specimen : BGS Geol.Soc.Coll.2556 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Ostracoda Order Podocopida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Cypridea valdensis (Sowerby J de C) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Cypridea valdensis (Sowerby J de C) – See Anderson (1967): Lectotype |
| Registration No. | Geol.Soc.Coll.2556 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Geol Soc (Fitton Dr) |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Ironstone nodules see Mik(M) 1027-8 |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Hythe Kent |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Weald Clay Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Barremian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Hauterivian Age (Cretaceous Period) (126.3 – 133.9 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Anderson FW. 1967. Wadhurst Ostracods and Weald Clay Ostracods p.220-221 pl.XII fig 52 pl XVII fig 60 as Lectotype Cypridea valdensis (Mik(M)10027001 Sowerby in Fitton. 1836. Observations on some of the strata between the Chalk and the Oxford Oolite Trans Geol Soc Lond p.177 also 344,5 |
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