GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM99786 – Lectotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Echinodermata

    Class -

      Order -
Fossil Name Ophiura wetherelli Forbes
Type Status Lectotype
Name History

Ophiura wetherelli Forbes
Provenance
Registration No. GSM99786
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Wetherell NT 1850
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments
Location
Country England
Locality Highgate London
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit London Clay Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Eocene Epoch (Palaeogene Period) (33.9 – 56 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Forbes E. 1852. Mon Pal Soc Echinodermata of the British Tertiaries p.32 4 fig 7

Wienberg-Rosmussen H. 1972. Kongel Dansk Vid Selsk Biologiske p.64-66 19 fig 7
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