GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Douvilleiceras mammillatum (Schlotheim, 1813)

Two specimens from the Early Albian (Uppermost Lower Greensand) of Kent

Specimen 1- from Westerham, Kent

Catalogue No: SQ/A/0181/JKC
Site: Squerryes Pit, Westerham, KENT, UK
Superfamily: DOUVILLEICERATACEAE Parona & Bonarelli, 1897
Family: DOUVILLEICERATIDAE Parona & Bonarelli, 1897
Subfamily: DOUVILLEICERATINAE Parona & Bonarelli, 1897
Species: Douvilleiceras mammillatum (Schlotheim)
Measurement : Height 57mm; Width 26mm
Albian Stage: Early Albian
Bed & Position:

Douvilleiceras mammillatum Zone; Protohoplites puzosianus Sub-Zone

Preservation: Phosphatised
References:

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

b. Casey R. 1962. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Lower Greensand; Part IV. Palaeontographical Society London

 

Specimen 2 - from Folkestone, Kent

Catalogue No: F/A/0227/JKC
Site: Folkestone
Superfamily: DOUVILLEICERATACEAE Parona & Bonarelli, 1897
Family: DOUVILLEICERATIDAE Parona & Bonarelli, 1897
Subfamily: DOUVILLEICERATINAE Parona & Bonarelli, 1897
Species: Douvilleiceras mammillatum (Schlotheim)
Measurement : Height 60mm; Width 32mm
Albian Stage: Early Albian
Bed & Position:

Douvilleiceras mammillatum Zone; main "mammillatum" bed, foreshore reef

Preservation: Phosphatised
References:

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

b. Casey R. 1962. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Lower Greensand; Part IV. Palaeontographical Society London

 

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