GB3D Type Fossils

Fossil specimen : BGS GSM47545 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Cephalopoda

      Order Ammonitida
Fossil Name Pleuromegalites forticosta Buckmann S
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Pleuromegalites forticosta Buckmann S – See Buckman: Holotype
Provenance
Registration No. GSM47545
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Buckman S 1926
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments Portland Creamy Limestone [Lower Witchett]Gigantitan (3)fasciger
Location
Country England
Locality Barrel Hill Long Crendon Buckinghamshire
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Portland Stone Formation
Biozone Not available
Geological Age

Tithonian Age (Jurassic Period) (145 – 152.1 Ma B.P.)

References
References

Buckman S. Type Ammonites, Vol V, Part LI pl.DXIIIA
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