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Type and Figured Fossil Collection

Specimen Details

Balantioselena aff. gairi Speden

Balantioselena aff. gairi

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Balantioselena aff. gairi
Scale in millimetres

BAS specimen number
KG.1944.21

NHM specimen number
BAS L.1597

Type Status
None

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

Chronostratigraphy
Triassic

Lithostratigraphy
No data available.

Locality
Lully Foothills


Citations

  • Edwards, C.W. (1982)
    New paleontologic evidence of Triassic sedimentation in West Antarctica
    Antarctic geoscience. Symposium on Antarctic Geology and Geophysics, Madison, Wisconsin. 1977, 325-329
    p. 328, Figure 36.4b
  • Edwards, C.W. (1980)
    Early Mesozoic marine fossils from central Alexander Island
    British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, No. 49, 33-58
    p. 45; 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.