Fossil specimen : BGS GSM28832 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class - Order - |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Holophagus gulo Egerton |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Holophagus gulo Egerton Dapedium sp (in stomach) |
| Registration No. | GSM28832 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Harrison, J. (according to Egerton 1861) 1861 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Lower Lias. 1" 326/327. (Note: this is a huge fish). |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Lyme Regis - Dorset. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lias Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Aalenian Age (Jurassic Period) – Rhaetian Age (Triassic Period) (170.3 – 209.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Egerton Sir P Mem Geol Surv - Decade X p.19 Gardiner B 1960 BM (NH) Vol 4 Part 7 p.327 Huxley TH 1866 Mem Geol Surv - Decade XII p.26 Plate 6 Schaefer 1941 Amer Mus Novit p.1110 Fig 9f Woodward AS 1891 BM (NH) Catalogue of Fossil Fishes Part II (as Undina gulo (Egerton)) p.411-412 |
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