GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM7880 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -
Fossil Name Pleuromya mundula T & B
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Pleuromya mundula T & B
Provenance
Registration No. GSM7880
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Tate R 1875
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Huntcliff, Yorkshire
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Middle Lias (Undifferentiated)
Biozone margaritatus
Geological Age

Toarcian Age (Jurassic Period) – Pliensbachian Age (Jurassic Period) (174.1 – 190.8 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Tate & Blake 1876 The Yorkshire Lias p.406 pl XII,fig 11
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