Cephalopod

Record Number

WDS535

Fossil Description

New and undescribed species of Cuttlefish. Soft part preservation. Sepia type but is 15 million years older than any previously found in Upper Lias. Part and counterpart.

Taxonomy

Class

Cephalopoda

Order

Sepiida

General stratigraphy

(ex situ)

Formation

Charmouth Mudstone

Member

Black Ven Mudstone

Period

Jurassic

Epoch

Lower Jurassic

Age

Sinemurian

Location Area

Stonebarrow

Other Images

Date Of Find

18/01/2001

Date Recorded

03/09/2023

Common Name

Cephalopod

Category

1