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Type and Figured Fossil Collection

Specimen Details

Arctotis australis Crame

Arctotis australis  
   

BAS specimen number
P.244.8

NHM specimen number
BAS L.1715

Type Status
Holotype

Higher Taxonomy
Kingdom Animalia 
Phylum Mollusca 
Class Bivalvia 
Subclass Pteriomorphia 
Family Oxytomidae 
Life Life 

Chronostratigraphy
Kimmeridgian - Lower Tithonian

Lithostratigraphy
No data available.

Locality
Byers Peninsula


Citations

  • Crame, J.A. (1993)
    Bipolar molluscs and their evolutionary implications
    Journal of Biogeography, 20, 145-161
    p. 148; fig. 2b
  • Crame, J.A. (1985)
    New late Jurassic oxytomid bivalves from the Antarctic Peninsula region
    British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, No. 69, 35-55
    p. 43; fig. 4a

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.