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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Euhoplites armatus,
Spath 1928
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an excellent example from the lowermost
Late Albian (Upper Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0093/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites armatus, Spath 1928 |
| Measurement : | Diameter 52mm |
| Albian Stage: | Late Albian (lowermost) |
| Bed & Position: | Bed VIII (i) (Mortoniceras inflatum Zone; Dipoloceras cristatum SubZone) - lower "cristatum" nodule bed |
| Preservation: | Phosphatised |
| Comments: | Complete septate; superb specimen |
| References: |
a. Wright C. W. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Part L Mollusca 4 Revised) Volume 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea b. Spath L. F. 1928. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VII. Palaeontographical Society London |