GSM specimens book 1: GSM 1 - 4658

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These are the original register books holding details of fossil specimens originally held in the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London, and now housed at the British Geological Survey headquarters in Keyworth, Nottingham.

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Register page number (usually in top right corner): 133

Reg. no Specimen name Formation Locality Provenance Notes
464 Dapedius [orbicularis Morris] politum Leach Lower Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset E Day Collection, purch'd 1864
465 Dapedius sp. Lower Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset E Day Collection, purch'd 1864 [1878 Cat 2 3 2 15; 1904 Cat. 2 3 2 22]
466 Dapedius sp. Lower Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset E Day Collection, purch'd 1864 [1878 Cat 2 3 2 14; 1904 Cat. 2 3 2 21]
467 Dapedius sp. Lower Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores [1878 Cat. 2 3 2 13; 1904 Cat. 2 3 2 20]
468 [Dapedius sp.] Dapedium politus Leach Gardiner 1958 Lower Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores [2 3 2 11 in "old" MS.Cat. transferred to "new" MSCat. June 1904, as 2 3 2 18
469 Chondrosteus acipenseroides Lower Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
470 Squaloraia polyspondyla Lower Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
471 Squaloraia polyspondyla Lower Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
472 Pholidophorus Stricklandi Lower Lias Barrow on Soar, Leics Day Coll [1878 MS.Cat. 2 5 2 19; 1904 MS.Cat. 2 5 2 28]
473 Ophiopsis breviceps Purbeck Swanage, Dorset Day Coll
474 [Eugnathus] sp - Heterolepidotus L Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset [Stores] Purch'd. of Marder 1878 [1904 MS.Cat. 2 4 2 11]
475 Lepidotus Mantelli Wealden Ore, Sussex Stores
476 Lepidotus Mantelli Wealden Hastings, Sussex Stores
477 Lepidotus Mantelli Wealden Ore, Sussex Stores
478 Lepidotus unguiculatus G. Oolite Orton, Peterborough Porter Coll
479 Lepidotus unguiculatus L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Purch. Earl of Enniskillen
480 Lepidotus unguiculatus Gt Oolite Orton Porter Coll
481 Lepidotus unguiculatus Gt Oolite Alford, Box Tunnel Stores
482 Lepidotus unguiculatus Gt Oolite Stores
483 Lepidotus unguiculatus Weald Hastings, Sussex Stores
484 Lepidotus unguiculatus Weald Hastings, Sussex Stores
485 Lepidotus unguiculatus Weald Ore, Sussex Stores
486 Lepidotus unguiculatus Weald Tonbridge, Kent Stores
487 Lepidotus unguiculatus Weald Tilgate Forest, Sussex 1"302. Stores [MS Cat. 3 6 2 31] MS alt. 1904. 3 6 2 33
488 Dapedius mastodonteus Weald Hastings, Sussex Stores (east)
489 [Conodus ?] Caturus [sp.] Gardiner [1958] 1960 chirotes (Agassiz) Lower Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Purch. Earl of Enniskillen Cited Gardiner 1960, Bull.B.M.(N.H) Vol. 4 pt. 7, pp. 294-5 [489 a reregistered as 97309 Figd. Gardiner 1960, ibid. text-fig. 31.][Oct. 1877. see also 97307-29 [2 5 2 44 in "old" MS Cat transferred to "new MSCat. June 1904 as 2 4 2 12
490 Aspidorhynchus euodus Oxford Cl Chippenham, Wilts 1"265 Pres by G. Sharman Esq
491 [Belonostomus] Saurorhynchus acutus (Agassiz) Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Purchased Earl of Enniskillen Oct 1877 ['old' MS. Cat. 2 2 41 - 1904 MS. Cat 2 2 2 6]
492 [ditto ditto] [Acidorhynchus] Saurorhynchus acutus (Agassiz) Gardiner 1958 Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Purchased Earl of Enniskillen Figd Gardiner Bulletin B.M.(N.H.) vol.4 io. 7 text fig. 21A'B, cited pp. 272, 277, 279
493 Pycnodus Wealden Hastings, Sussex Stores
494 Gyrodus Gt Oolite Orton Porter Coll.
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Register page number (usually in top right corner): 134

Reg. no Specimen name Formation Locality Provenance Notes
495 Leptolepis Brodiei Purbeck Teffont
496 Microdon Purbeck Swanage, Dorset
497 Hybodus basanus Wealden Ore, Hastings, Sussex
498 Hybodus basanus ? Wealden Ore, Hastings, Sussex
499 Hybodus dubius Wealden Ore, Hastings, Sussex
500 Hybodus dubius Wealden Hastings, Sussex
501 Hybodus subcarinatus Agassiz Wealden Hastings, Sussex
502 Hybodus subcarinatus Agassiz Wealden Ore, Sussex
503 Hybodus subcarinatus Agassiz Wealden Ore, Sussex
504 Hybodus subcarinatus Agassiz Wealden Ore, Sussex
505 Hybodus cf breuicostatus Wealden Tilgate, Sussex
506 do ap- Wealden Ore, Hastings, Sussex
507 Wealden do
508 Fish lower jaw Purbeck
509 Dentary coccolepis sp Wealden Lindfield,Sussex, 1''302
510 do do Ore, Hastings, Sussex
511 do Purbeck Swange, Dorset
512 do (Claphea)
513 do Wealden Y. Dako Lummel?, Kent
514 do Lyme Regis, Dorset
515
516
517
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Register page number (usually in top right corner): 135

Reg. no Specimen name Formation Locality Provenance Notes
518 Sargodon tomicus Newark, Notts.
519 Sargodon tomicus Axminster, Dorset
520 Saurichthys apicalis Charlton
521 Saurichthys acuminatus Newark, Notts.
522 Lepidotus Coral Rag Starminster
523 Lepidotus Coral Rag Lower Moorside
524 Great oolite Orton, Peterboro
525 Great oolite Orton, Peterboro
526 Great oolite Orton, Peterboro
527 Stonesfd Stonesfield, Oxon.
528 Gt oolite Stonesfield, Oxon.
529 Gyrodus Cuvieri Kimeridge Weymouth, Dorset
530 Gyrodus Cuvieri Kimeridge Weymouth, Dorset
531 Gyrodus Coral Rag Starminster
532 Belemnitella plena Low Chalk Corfe, Dorset
533 Nautilus Fleuriausianus Low Chalk Corfe, Dorset
534 Low Chalk Corfe, Dorset
535 Ostrea vesicularis Low Chalk Corfe, Dorset
536 Leredo amphisbaena Low Chalk Lulworth, Dorset
537 Trimingham, Norfolk
538 Trimingham, Norfolk
539 Foraminifera [] Trimingham, Norfolk
540
541 Bradford
542 London Clay Pinner, Middx.
543 R Crag Felixstowe, Suffolk
544 Thuiteo?
545 Microzoa Bristol
546 Hybodus Wealden Swanage, Dorset
547 Gastroehoenia canaliculata Coral Rag
548 Dapedium [speciosus? Morris] Lyme Regis, Dorset
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Register page number (usually in top right corner): 136

Reg. no Specimen name Formation Locality Provenance Notes
549 Chelone Wealden Tilgate Forest, sussex From Stores
550 Nautilus radiatus L G S Pulboro, Sussex Pres. T. Jesson Esq
551 Plesiosaurus vertebrae Lower Lias Lyme Regis Dorset
552 Plesiosaurus bones Lower Lias Lyme Regis Dorset
553 Plesiosaurus teeth Lower Lias Lyme Regis Dorset
554 Plesiosaurus bone oolite Seacombe
555 Dinosaurus bones L - Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset
556 Coprolites L - Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset
557 Saurian bones L - Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset
558 Portland Portland, Dorset
559 Portland Portland, Dorset
560 Cidaris Bowerbankii L. Chalk Folkestone, Kent, 1 305
561 [Mytilus} Isognomon raulinianus (d' Orbigny) Gault Folkestone, Kent, 1 305
562 L. Chalk Folkestone, Kent
563 Fusus Gault Folkestone, Kent
564
565
566
567
568 Saurian L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
569 Ichthyosaurus platyodon L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
574 Ichthyosaurus platyodon L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
570 Ichthyosaurus platyodon L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
571 Ichthyosaurus interclavicle L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
572 Ichthyosaurus basisphenoia L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores Two Specimens Rereg. 84608-9
573 Ichthyosaurus basi occipital L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores Four Specimens Rereg. 84612-5
575 Ichthyosaurus vertebrae L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
576 Ichthyosaurus teeth L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
577 Ichthyosaurus teeth L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
578 Ichthyosaurus skull bones L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
579 Ichthyosaurus limb bone L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
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Register page number (usually in top right corner): 137

Reg. no Specimen name Formation Locality Provenance Notes
580 Ichthyosaurus communis Low. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
581 Ichthyosaurus sp coprolite Low. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
582 Dinosaurian Low. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
583 Ichthyosaurus scleroticpetes Low. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
584 Megalosaurus Gt oolite Stores
585 Ichthyosaurus Kim Clay Shotover Stores
586 Pliosaurus Kim Clay Shotover Stores
587 Ichthyosaurus ? coprolites Low Lias Lyme Norris collection One re-registered as GSM 118526 25.6.93 Treated for pyrite decay March 2012
588 Coprolites Rhoetic Westbury Stores
589 Megalosaurus ? Inf oolite Cheltenham, Glos. Purchased Jenkins
590 Bone Gt oolite Stonesfield, Oxon. Presented Marchss of Hastings
591 Steneosaurus ? C brash. Low Stanton, Wilts Stores
592 Saurian tooth Forest Mar Low Stanton, Wilts Stores
593 Plesiosaurus cervic vert Portland Brill, Bucks. Presented by W.H. Saull Esq
594 Plesiosaurus dorsal vert Portland Brill, Bucks. Presented by W.H. Saull Esq
595 Ichthyosaurus intermedius Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Porter collection See also 50423-4 Reg. Ex. III
596 Ichthyosaurus platyodon Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Porter collection
597 Ichthyosaurus communis Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset ? Porter collection
598 Ichthyosaurus B-O + B-S. Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Porter collection
599 Ichthyosaurus B-S Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Porter collection
600 Ichthyosaurus B-Occipit Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Porter collection
601 Ichthyosaurus vert Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Porter collection
602 Plesiosaurus Low Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Porter collection
603 Pterodactyl ? Stonesfield Stonesfield, Oxon Stores
604 Labyrinthodon sockets Rhoetic Westbury Stores
605 Teleosaurus ? Stonesfield Stonesfield, Oxon Stores
606 Crocodile scute Gt oolite Orton, Peterborough Porter Coll
a 4749 Saurian tooth Gt oolite Oundle, Northants. S.C
607 Pleurosternon concinnum ? Purbeck Swanage, Dorset Pres by Mr Wilcox
608 Chelonian Purbeck Swanage, Dorset Pres by Mr Wilcox
609 Tretosternon Purbeck Swanage, Dorset Morris Coll
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