Fossil specimen : OUM J.01194 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Asteroceras obtusum (J. Sowerby, 1817) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Asteroceras obtusum (J. Sowerby, 1817) – See Powell & Edmonds (1978): Lectotype Asteroceras obtusum (J. Sowerby, 1817) – See Spath (1925): Lectotype Ammonites obtusus J. Sowerby, 1817 – See J. Sowerby (1817): Syntype |
| Registration No. | J.01194 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Philpot, E. 1880 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Lyme Regis, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Blue Lias Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Sinemurian Age (Jurassic Period) – Rhaetian Age (Triassic Period) (190.8 – 209.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | POWELL, H.P. and EDMONDS, J.M. 1978. List of Type-fossils in the Philpot Collection, Oxford University Museum. Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. and Archaeol. Soc., 98 (for 1976), 48-53. p. 49 SOWERBY, J. 1817. The mineral conchology of Great Britain. Volume II (29). Printed by B. Meredith, London, pp. 141-154, pls CLXIII-CLXVIII. p. 151; pl. CLXVII (upper figure) SPATH, L.F. 1925. Notes on Yorkshire Ammonites, VI. Naturalist, Lond., 299-306. p. 300 |
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