Earth Collections: Jurassic database
Specimen details for Registration Number J.03087
Species name: Eugnathus philpotiaeAuthor: Agassiz, 1839
Taxonomic Group: Pisces
Nature of Specimen: Fish wanting jaws
Preparation:
Horizon: Bucklandi Beds, Lower Lias. Lower Jurassic
Locality: Lyme Regis, Dorset
Collector:
Donor: E. Philpot
Conservation:
Notes: 1. Original Agassiz label gives "Eugnathus ornatus, Ag."
References:
1. AGASSIZ, L. 1835. Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles, II (II), 85-200.; pl. 58, fig. 1 (published 1839), p. 103, as Eugnathus minor Agassiz, 1839 HOLOTYPE
2. WOODWARD, A.S. 1895. A Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III, 544 pp., pls I XVIII.; p. 294, as Eugnathus philpotae Agassiz,1839
3. POWELL, H.P. & EDMONDS, J.M. 1978. List of Type-fossils in the Philpot Collection, Oxford University Museum. Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. archaeol. Soc., 98 (for 1976), 48-53.; p. 50, as Eugnathus philpotiae Agassiz, 1839 HOLOTYPE
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