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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Euhoplites bilobus Spath
1926
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popular synonym: Euhoplites lautus var biloba
(Spath 1926)
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three fine examples from the Middle Albian
(Lower Gault Clay) of KENT, UK
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Specimen 1
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0142/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites bilobus Spath 1926 |
| Measurement : | Diameter 22mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | 100mm above the base of Bed V (Euhoplites lautus Zone; Euhoplites 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. 1926. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VI. Palaeontographical Society London c. Owen H.G. 1971. Middle Albian Stratigraphy in the Anglo-Paris Basin, Bulletin of the BM (NH) Geology Supplement 8, London |
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Specimen 2
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0086/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Sub-family: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites bilobus Spath 1926 |
| Measurement : | Diameter 34mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed V (Euhoplites lautus Zone; 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. 1926. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VI. Palaeontographical Society London c. Owen H.G. 1971. Middle Albian Stratigraphy in the Anglo-Paris Basin, Bulletin of the BM (NH) Geology Supplement 8, London |
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Specimen 3
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0146/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Sub-family: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites aff. bilobus Spath 1926 |
| Measurement : | Diameter 30mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Beach collected - likely Bed V or VI (Euhoplites lautus Zone; 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. 1926. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VI. Palaeontographical Society London c. Owen H.G. 1971. Middle Albian Stratigraphy in the Anglo-Paris Basin, Bulletin of the BM (NH) Geology Supplement 8, London |