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Type and Figured Fossil Collection

Specimen Details

Astarte sp.

Astarte sp.  
   

BAS specimen number
H.1169.1A

NHM specimen number
BAS L.1803

Type Status
None

Higher Taxonomy
Kingdom Animalia 
Phylum Mollusca 
Class Bivalvia 
Subclass Heterodonta 
Family Astartidae 
Life Life 

Chronostratigraphy
Lower Cretaceous

Lithostratigraphy
No data available.

Locality
?Gibbon Bay


Citations

  • Thomson, M.R.A., Willey, L.E. (1975)
    Fossils from the South Orkney Islands: I. Coronation Island
    British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, No. 40, 15-21
    fig. 3e

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.