Fossil specimen : BGS GSM24855 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Pleuroceras apyrenum (Buckman SS) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Pleuroceras apyrenum (Buckman SS) |
| Registration No. | GSM24855 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Tate, R. 1875 |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Middle Lias (spinatum zone). |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Eston - North Yorkshire. |
| 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 | Buckman SS 1911 Type Ammonites Vol 1 (as Paltopleuroceras apyrenum SSB) p.24 Dean WT Donovan DT & Howarth MK 1961 Bull Brit Mus (Nat Hist) Geol Vol 4 Part 10 pl71.,figs5a,b Howarth MK 1958 Liassic Amaltheidae - Mon Pal Soc p.35-36 plVI.,figs1a,b Tate & Blake 1876 The Yorkshire Lias (as Amaltheus solitarius Simpson) p.295 plVII.,fig2 |
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