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Kosmoceras jason (Reinecke 1847)
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By Ludwigia (edited)
Taxonomy
Ammonite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Kosmoceratidae
Genus: Kosmoceras
Species: Kosmoceras jason
Author Citation Reinecke 1847
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Middle Callovian
Stratigraphy
Lower Oxford Clay Formation
Biostratigraphy
Jason zone
Jason subzone
Provenance
Collector: D. Bundock
Date Collected: 05/09/2014
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 cm
Location
Colm quarry
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
- a909
- colm quarry
- gloucestershire
- kosmoceras jason
- lower oxford clay formation
- middle callovian
- middle jurassic
Comments
The European index fossil for both the jason zone and subzone. The white is original shell substance. One can also see in the second photo how the phragmocone has been converted to calcite.
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