A rare lytoceratid ammonite from the Lower Lias of Radstock

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A rare lytoceratid ammonite from the Lower Lias of Radstock

  • Volume / Part: 25 / 2
  • Publication Date: April 1982
  • Page(s): 439 - 442
  • Authored By: D. T. Donovan and M. K. Howarth

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A single lytoceratid ammonite from the Jamesoni or Ibex Zone of the Lower Lias of Clandown Colliery Quarry, Radstock, Avon, is made the holotype of Derolytoceras (D.) radstockense sp. nov. It is the first record in Britain of a genus that is largely restricted to Tethyan areas of south and central Europe.

Palaeontology - Volume 25 Part 2 Pages 439-442



Palaeontology - Volume 25 Part 2 Pages 439-442

Citations

DONOVAN, D. T., HOWARTH, M. K. 1982. A rare lytoceratid ammonite from the Lower Lias of Radstock. Palaeontology, 25, 2, 439–442.