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PV OR 4066

Classification
Scientific name: Xiphactinus mantelli (Newton, 1877)
Author: (Newton, 1877)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Ichthyodectiformes
Family: Ichthyodectidae
Genus: Xiphactinus
Species: mantelli
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Osteichthyes; Ichthyodectiformes; Ichthyodectidae
Location
Locality: Township: Lewes
State province: England
Country: United Kingdom
Continent: Europe
Higher geography: Europe; United Kingdom; England; East Sussex
Decimal latitude: 50.873856
Decimal longitude: 0.008777
Verbatim latitude: 50 52 25.88 N
Verbatim longitude: 000 00 31.60 E
Geodetic datum: WGS84
Georeference protocol: Manual search
Identification
Type status: HOLOTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Xiphactinus mantelli (Newton, 1877)
Portheus mantelli Newton, 1877
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV OR 4066
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Fish
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:4494389
Catalogue description: portion of jaw in matrix
Stratigraphy
Earliest eon/lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Latest eon/highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Earliest era/lowest erathem: Mesozoic
Latest era/highest erathem: Mesozoic
Earliest period/lowest system: Cretaceous
Latest period/highest system: Cretaceous
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Late Cretaceous
Latest epoch/highest series: Late Cretaceous
Earliest age/lowest stage: Turonian
Latest age/highest stage: Turonian
Lowest biostratigraphic zone: UC8 Biozone, b Biosubzone
Group: White Chalk Subgroup
Formation: New Pit Chalk Formation
Chronostratigraphy: Cretaceous, Late Cretaceous, Turonian
Lithostratigraphy: White Chalk Subgroup, New Pit Chalk Formation
Zoology
Barcode: 010029074
Record
Occurrence ID: 8f49dc7b-3b3c-4d26-86bb-f9c43ce64d89
Modified: 2023-08-01T15:01:28+00:00
Created: 2014-12-12T09:20:33+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2014-12-12T09:20:33+00:00
Last updated 2023-08-01T15:01:28+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb