GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM11423 – Neotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -
Fossil Name Myophorella (Myophorella) irregularis (Seebach)
Type Status Neotype
Name History

Myophorella (Myophorella) irregularis (Seebach) – See Lycett, J (1872): Neotype
Provenance
Registration No. GSM11423
Collector Lycett Collection. 1867
Donor or Associated Person Lycett, J. 1867
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Oxford Clay.
Location
Country England
Locality Weymouth - Dorset.
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Oxford Clay Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Oxfordian Age (Jurassic Period) – Callovian Age (Jurassic Period) (157.3 – 166.1 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Duff. 1978. Mon Pal Soc p.85-87

Lycett, J. 1872. Mon Pal Soc pl5.,figs1a,b
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