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Type and Figured Fossil Collection

Specimen Details

Belemnopsis (Belemnopsis) alexandri Willey

Belemnopsis alexandri

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Belemnopsis alexandri
Right lateral view
Scale in centimetres

BAS specimen number
KG.2942.18

NHM specimen number
BAS C.1385

Type Status
None

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

Chronostratigraphy
Berriasian - 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. 36; Pl. 7, figs 3 & 4
  • 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. 8c,d

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.