GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS FE181 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Porifera

    Class -

      Order -
Fossil Name Farrea oakleyi sp nov Reid
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Farrea oakleyi sp nov Reid

Plecoscyphia oakleyi sp nov Reid
Provenance
Registration No. FE181
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Name not available 1928
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Turonian
Location
Country England
Locality Fradley Mickleham Surrey
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Chalk Group
Biozone Holaster reussianum
Geological Age

Maastrichtian Age (Cretaceous Period) – Cenomanian Age (Cretaceous Period) (66 – 100.5 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Reid. 1958. Mon Pal Soc Upper Cretaceous Hexactinellids p.5-6 I fig 1a b c
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