GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS Geol.Soc.Coll.2283 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Gastropoda

      Order -
Fossil Name Tessarolax fittoni (Forbes)
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Tessarolax fittoni (Forbes)

Pteroceras fittoni (Forbes)
Provenance
Registration No. Geol.Soc.Coll.2283
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person GeolSoc Forbes Ibbetson Fitton
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Atherfield
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Lower Greensand Group
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Albian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Aptian Age (Cretaceous Period) (100.5 – 126.3 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Forbes. 1845. QJGS p.351 IV fig 6

Gardner. 1875. Dec II p.294
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