GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM27959 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Cephalopoda

      Order Ammonitida
Fossil Name Paravirgatites kimmeridgiensis Neaverson
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Paravirgatites kimmeridgiensis Neaverson
Provenance
Registration No. GSM27959
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Buckman S 1914
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments bituminous Shale
Location
Country England
Locality Kimmeridge Bay - Dorset.
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Kimmeridge Clay Formation
Biozone pectinatus
Geological Age

Kimmeridgian Age (Jurassic Period) (152.1 – 157.3 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Neaverson. Ammonites from Upper Kimmeridge Clay. Papers from Geology Dept of Liverpool University p.33 IV 4
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