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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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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495 Leptolepis Brodiei Purbeck Teffont Pres. W.R. Andrews - ma.FGS? 3/2/5/31
496 Microdon Purbeck Swanage, Dorset Penny Collection
497 Hybodus basanus Wealden Ore, Hastings, Sussex Stores
498 Hybodus basanus ? Wealden Ore, Hastings, Sussex Stores
499 Hybodus dubius Wealden Ore, Hastings, Sussex Stores
500 Hybodus dubius Wealden Hastings, Sussex Stores
501 Hybodus subcarinatus Agassiz Wealden Hastings, Sussex Stores
502 Hybodus subcarinatus Agassiz Wealden Ore, Sussex Stores
503 Hybodus subcarinatus Agassiz Wealden Ore, Sussex Stores
504 Hybodus subcarinatus Agassiz Wealden Ore, Sussex Purchased of F.H. Butler [3/2/6/12 Palaeont. Dept. MS. Cat. 1904
505 [Hybodus] subcarinatus? Fish spine Hybodus cf brevicostatus Patterson C. Patterson 1972 Wealden Tilgate Forest, Sussex Stores [MS Cat. 3/2/6/10] MS alt. 3/2/6/11 1904.
506 Hybodus sp- Wealden Ore, Hastings, Sussex Stores
507 Sphenonchus Wealden Ore, Hastings, Sussex Stores
508 Fish lower jaw Purbeck St Alban's Head Pres Rev? Owvry? North
509 Fish jaw Dentary coccolepis sp. Wealden Lindfield, Sussex, 1"302 Coll. W. Jopley? [MS Cat. 3/2/6/34] MS Alt. 3/2/6/41
510 Fish Wealden, clay in uppr. Tunbridge Wells Sands. Ore, Hastings, Sussex Stores
511 Fish Purbeck Swanage, Dorset Stores
Fish (clupea) Pres G.H. Willett Esq? (Exene of Unterkirchbeg, Ulm A.S.W. Removed to foreign coll. FOI: 1377-1378)
513 Fish Wealden 7. Oaks Tunnel, Kent Coll. W. Jopley?
514 Fish coprolites L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Porter Coll.
515a-f Fish coprolites Ox. Clay Christian Malford, Wilts Cunnington Coll [Old MS. Cat. 3/2/2/46] [New MS Cat. 3/2/3/25]
516 Reptile spine? rib of crocodile C. Patterson 1972 Wealden Tilgate Forest, Sussex Stores [MS Cat. 3/2/6/69] MS alt. 3/2/6/44
517 Hybodus subcarinatus Wealden Hastings, Sussex Stores
HBW. 1102 1108 Ammonites Davoei Mid. Lias Golden Cap, Dorset Coll. H.B. Woodward
HBW. 1101 1113 Ammonites laticosta Mid. Lias Golden Cap, Dorset Coll. H.B. Woodward
HBW. 1112 Ammonites laticosta Mid. Lias Golden Cap, Dorset Coll. H.B. Woodward
HBW. 1101 Ammonites laticosta Mid. Lias Golden Cap, Dorset Coll. H.B. Woodward
HBW. 1101 Ammonites Henleyi Mid. Lias Golden Cap, Dorset Coll. H.B. Woodward
HBW. 1111 Ammonites Henleyi Mid. Lias Golden Cap, Dorset Coll. H.B. Woodward
B 214 Ammonites Jamesoni L Lias Robin Hood's Bay, NRY Coll by Barow.
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518 Sargodon tomicus Rhaetic Newark, Notts. Pres H. Miller Esq-
519 Sargodon tomicus Rhaetic Axminster, Dorset Stores, see also 90704 [1/2/3/16]
520 Saurichthys apicalis Rhaetic Charlton Porter Coll - Purchd? 1869
521 Saurichthys acuminatus Rhaetic Newark, Notts. Pres. H. Miller Esq
522 Lepidotus Coral Rag Starminster Stores
523 Lepidotus Coral Rag Lower Moorside Stores
524 Pycnodus Great oolite Orton, Peterboro Porter Coll
525 Pycnodus Great oolite Orton, Peterboro Porter Coll
526 Pycnodus Great oolite Orton, Peterboro Porter Coll
527 Pycnodus Stonesfd Stonesfield, Oxon. Latham Coll
528 Pycnodus Gt oolite Stonesfield, Oxon. Pres by Marchess Hastings
529 Gyrodus cuvieri Kimeridge Weymouth, Dorset Cunnington Coll
530 Gyrodus cuvieri Kimeridge Weymouth, Dorset Stores
531 Gyrodus Coral Rag Starminster Stores
532 Belemnitella plena Low Chalk Corfe, Dorset Coll H.B. Woodward [1878 Cat add XIII 3/25B] MS Cat. XIII 4/6
533 Nautilus fleuriausianus Low Chalk Corfe, Dorset Coll H.B. Woodward [1878 Cat add XIII 3/3b] MS Cat. XIII 4/19
534 Inoceramus sp.1. Low Chalk Corfe, Dorset Coll H.B. Woodward
535 Ostrea vesicularis Low Chalk Corfe, Dorset Coll H.B. Woodward MS. Cat. 51/60 1878 Cat. 51/40a
536 Leredo amphisbaena Low Chalk Lulworth, Dorset Coll H.B. Woodward MS. Cat. 52/49
537 [Cardiaster granulosus] Cardiotaxis ananchytis (Leske) Up Chalk, lunata zone Trimingham, Norfolk Pres C Reid, Esq, 1885
538 Echinoconus abbreviatus Up Chalk, lunata zone Trimingham, Norfolk Pres C Reid, Esq, 1885
539 Foraminifera ? Up Chalk, lunata zone Trimingham, Norfolk Pres C Reid, Esq, 1885 re-registered PF 4447, MS Cat. XIII 6/10
540 Pleuromya crocombeia Low Lias Dibdale, Wallerton ? Coll. Barrow.
541 Mesenteripara? A.W. Mead 5/72 Bradford Stores
542 Hemiaster Branderianus London Clay Pinner, Middx. Pres Mr Gordon, October 1884 [XVIII 2/9 MS addition in Palaeont. Dept. copy 1878 Cat.
543 Balsenodon R Crag Felixstowe, Suffolk Purch. Charlesworth
544 Thuiteo? L Purbeck Kingbarrow, Portld, Dorset Coll HB. Woodward
545 Microzoa Carb ? Bristol Pres. B.W. Priest
546 Hybodus Wealden Swanage, Dorset Coll. HB. Woodward
547 Gastroehoenia canaliculata Coral Rag Scarboo', N.R.Y. Purch. Charlesworth
548 Dapedium [speciosus? Morris] politum Leach L Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Purch. Lord Enniskillen [1878 MS. Cat 2/2/3/10 - 1904 MS. Cat. 2/2/3/17]
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549 Chelone Wealden Tilgate Forest, Sussex From Stores
550 Nautilus radiatus LGS Pulboro, Sussex Pres. T. Jesson Esq
551 Plesiosaurus vertebrae Lower Lias Lyme Regis Dorset Stores R. Ex. III. see also 50427-50433
552 Plesiosaurus bones Lower Lias Lyme Regis Dorset Stores 8/10/2014 TR 72 REPAIR BREAK
553 Plesiosaurus teeth Lower Lias Lyme Regis Dorset Stores
554 Plesiosaurus bone Oolite Seacombe Stores
555 Dinosaurus bones L Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
556 Coprolites L Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
557 Saurian bones L Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
558 Purpuroidea portlandica? Hudl. Portland Portland, Dorset Stores 20 specs seen Nov:1950: 19 rereg. 84616-34
559 [Turbo]apertus] Nododelphinula aperta (Blake) Portland Portland, Dorset Purchased A Wallis 1884? See also 43740
560 Cidaris Bowerbankii L. Chalk Folkestone, Kent, 1"305 Purchased A Wallis [Not regd. Blake GS. Vol 56, pl. IX. f.7.] 30/66 shewing int cast ? cast of shell. Figd specimen in ?? see Cox. 21.7.33.
561 [Mytilus] Isognomon raulinianus? (d' Orbigny) Gault Folkestone, Kent, 1"305 Purchased F.H. Butler 1886 1878 Cat. addition XIII 2/32a. MSM XIII 2/42
562 Pecten (Equipecten) arlesiensis, Woods. L. Chalk Folkestone, Kent, 1"305 Purchased F.H. Butler 1878 Cat. add. D 37/21a [MS alt D 37/22a]
563 Fusus Gault, varians zone Folkestone, Kent, 1"305 Purchased F.H. Butler see 20576-8
564 Decomposed, Jan.1939 Purchased F.H. Butler 1878 Cat. add. D 47/43a
565 Neophlycticeras itierianum (d'Orb) Gault (VIII) Folkestone, Kent, 1"305 Purchased F.H. Butler XI 5/83a
566 Prohysteroceras goodhalli (J. Sow) [Neophlycticeras symmetricus] Gault? H.varicosum S2. Folkestone, Kent, 1"305 Purchased F.H. Butler see also 31187 XI 6/19
567 Hoplites sp. n. ["pseudotuberculatus" n. paratype] [Neophlycticeras tuberculatus] Gault (dentaformis ?) Folkestone, Kent, 1"305 Purchased F.H. Butler see also 31308 XI 6/58A
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 Two specimens Rereg. 84610-11
579 Ichthyosaurus limb bone L. Lias Lyme Regis, Dorset Stores
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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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