GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM8633 – Lectotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order Ostreoida
Fossil Name Ostrea (Liostrea) hebridica Forbes
Type Status Lectotype
Name History

Ostrea (Liostrea) hebridica Forbes – See Forbes (1851): Lectotype
Provenance
Registration No. GSM8633
Collector Murchison Collection.
Donor or Associated Person Murchison, Sir, RI. 1851
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Great Estuarine Series.
Location
Country Scotland
Locality Staffin Bay - Isle of Skye.
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Great Estuarine Group
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) – Bajocian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 170.3 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Anderson & Cox. 1948. Proc.Roy.Phys.Soc p.107

Cox & Arkell. 1948. British GO Mollusc - Palaeont Soc p.19

Forbes. 1851. Q.J.G.S pl5.,fig4A
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