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Type and Figured Fossil Collection

Specimen Details

Belemnopsis gladiatoris Willey

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BAS specimen number
KG.2942.33

NHM specimen number
BAS C.1384

Type Status
None

Higher Taxonomy
Kingdom Animalia 
Phylum Mollusca 
Class Cephalopoda 
Subclass Coleoidea 
Order Belemnitida 
Family Belemnopseidae 
Life Life 

Chronostratigraphy
Valanginian

Lithostratigraphy
No data available.

Locality
Himalia Ridge


Citations

  • Howlett, P.J. (1989)
    Late Jurassic - early Cretaceous cephalopods of eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica
    Late Jurassic - early Cretaceous cephalopods of eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica, 72p
    p. 39; Pl. 7, figs 9 & 10
  • Doyle, P., Howlett, P.J. (1989)
    Antarctic belemnite biogeography and the break-up of Gondwana
    Origins and evolution of the Antarctic biota, 167-182
    fig. 1b
  • Crame, J.A., Howlett, P.J. (1988)
    Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous biostratigraphy of the Fossil Bluff Formation, Alexander Island
    British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, No. 78, 1-35
    fig. 8a,b

Note
The data provided on this page is taken from the most recent publication citing this specimen. Taxonomic names and geological ages are largely subjective and may have been assigned differently in previous publications.