GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM11436 – Paratype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -
Fossil Name Myophorella (Myophorella) caytonensis Duff
Type Status Paratype
Name History

Myophorella (Myophorella) caytonensis Duff

Myophorella rupellensis (d'Orbigny)
Provenance
Registration No. GSM11436
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Lycett
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Cayton Bay - North Yorkshire.
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Kellaways Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Callovian Age (Jurassic Period) (163.5 – 166.1 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Duff. 1978. Mon Pal Soc p.89 11 fig 1

Lycett. 1877. Mon Pal Soc 36 fig 1
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