| Description | Digital photographs of specimens donated by Etheldred Benett to the Society's Museum between 1815-[?1840s]. Photographed by the archivist, July 2016. Comprising:
Chicksgrove Quarry, near Tisbury, Wiltshire-
1) 7929 Ostrea expansa, Jurassic, Portland, donated 22 March 1815. [BGS ref: Geo Soc col 2864]
2) Ostrea chicksgrovensis Cox, Jurassic, Ooolite. Paratype 'Synopsis', pl ii, fig 7. [BGS ref: GSM 48597, GSd 2971-2975]
3) 7932 Bivalves [Pleuromya uniformis (J Sowerby)], Jurassic, Portland Oolite, donated 22 March 1815. [BGS ref: GSa 3198-3201]
Tisbury, Wiltshire
1) 17163 Cardium dissimile, Portland Oolite. [BGS ref: GeoSoc col 2889]
Binley Farm, Tisbury, Wiltshire
1) Astarte lineata, Jurassic, Oxford Clay. [BGS refs: GSa 3626-3627]
Calne, Wiltshire
1) Cidaris crenularis, Coral Rag. [BGS refs: GSa 3393, 3395-3396]
Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire
1) 14915 Caryophyllia annularis, Coral Rag, donated 19 March 1819. [BGS ref: GSa 3302]
2) 14917 Caryophyllia annularis, Coral Rag, donated 19 March 1819. [BGS ref: GSa 3304]
3) Sarcinula, Coral Rag. [BGS ref: GSa 3327]
4) Sarcinula, Coral Rag. [BGS ref: GSa 3326]
5) 14914 Coelenterata Caryophyllia, Coral Rag, donated 19 March 1819. [BGS ref: GSa 3303]
6) 14906 Coelenterata Astrea, Coral Rag, donated 19 March 1819. [BGS ref: GSa 3329]
Crockerton, Wiltshire
1) 16979 Micraster lacunosus, Upper Greensand, donated 1 May 1820. [BGS refs: GSa 2006-2007]
Cains Cross, near Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
1) Acteonina, Jurassic, Great Oolite. [BGS ref: GSa 4498-4501]
Weymouth, Dorset-
1) Lyrodon incurvum [Trigonia incurvum], Jurassic, Oxford Clay, Radipole, near Weymouth, Dorset. [BGS ref: GSa 3628-3631]
2) Gervillia aviculoides Sow, Jurassic, Oxford Clay, Osmington, near Weymouth, Dorset. [BGS ref: GSa 3624]
Bradford [?upon Avon]
1) Avicula costata, Bradford Clay. [BGS ref: GeoSoc col 3394] note on board indicates that it was given by Chaning Pearce, FGS, on behalf of Benett. Pearce elected 27 Feb 1833.
Unknown locality
1) Gryphaea dilatata, Oxford Clay. [BGS ref: GSd 6118] *note has ms ref of 9545 but does not match up with Museum registers
Sponges (Polypothecia), Warminster, Wiltshire-
1) 20813 Polypothecia quadriloba (x2); Polypothecia triloba, Upper Greensand, donated 4 April 1824. [BGS ref: GSa 1572-1574]
2) 20812 Polypothecia quadriloba (x2), Upper Greensand, donated 4 April 1824. [BGS ref: GSa 1578-1579]
3) Polypothecia infundibulum, Upper Greensand. [BGS ref: GSa 1582]
4) 20795 Polypothecia dichotoma, Upper Greensand, donated 4 April 1824. [BGS ref: GSa 1590]
5) 20796 Polypothecia dichotoma, Upper Greensand, donated 4 April 1824. [BGS ref: GSa 1591]
6) 20820 Polypothecia agariciformis, Upper Greensand, donated 4 April 1824. [BGS ref: GSa 1593]
7) Polypothecia obliqua, Upper Greensand. [BGS ref: GSa 1596] |
| Administrative History | The British material from the Society's old Museum is now held by the British Geological Survey. Selected specimens donated by Etheldred Benett were borrowed for an exhibition which ran between March-June 2016. The larger, more interesting items were photographed before being returned.
The original Museum accession number where extant is listed first in the descriptions. These were then cross references with the Museum register GSL/MUS/5/1/2 to give donation dates. |