GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Dimorphoplites biplicatus (Spath, 1923)
a superb example from the Middle Albian (Lower Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
Catalogue No: F/A/0115/JKC
Site: Folkestone
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Dimorphoplites biplicatus (Mantell 1822)
Measurement : Diameter 51mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Bed VI (top) - Euhoplites lautus Zone; Eu. lautus/nitidus Subzone
Preservation: Pyritised
References:

a. Wright C. W. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Part L Mollusca 4 Revised) Volume 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea

b. Spath L. F. 1924. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part IV. Palaeontographical Society London

 

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