Fossil specimen : SM J 6188 – Undifferentiated Type
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Spiriferida |
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| Fossil Name | Spirifer rostratus (Schlotheim) |
| Type Status | Undifferentiated Type |
| Name History | Spirifer rostratus (Schlotheim) – See Buckman, S.S. (1899b) Spirifer rostratus (Schlotheim) – See Davidson (1851) Spirifer punctatus Sedgwick – See Murchison, R.I. (1845): Undifferentiated Type |
| Registration No. | J 6188 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Battledown Hill (foot), Hewletts Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Yellow Lias |
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| Biozone | Ibex Hemera? |
| Geological Age |
Pliensbachian Age (Jurassic Period) – Hettangian Age (Jurassic Period) (182.7 – 201.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Buckman, S.S. 1899 b. Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club vol. xiii p.136 Davidson 1851. British fossil Brachiopoda Palaeontographical Society Monographs vol. i part iii p.20 pl. ii fig.2 Murchison, R.I. 1845. Outline of the geology of the neighbourhood of Cheltenham new edition pp.86, 100 pl. x fig.7 this specimen is described on p.100 under the heading (on p.93) 'new species' |
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