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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Euhoplites bucklandi
Spath, 1925
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three superb examples from the Middle
Albian (Lower Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
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Specimen 1
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0270/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites bucklandi Spath, 1925 |
| Measurement : | Diameter 35mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed V (Euhoplites lautus Zone; lautus/nitidus SubZone); 300mm above top of Bed IV (iii) |
| Preservation: | Pyritised |
| 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 |
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Specimen 2
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0085/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites bucklandi Spath, 1925 |
| Measurement : | Diameter 25mm; width 13mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed V (Euhoplites lautus Zone; lautus/nitidus SubZone); 500mm above top of Bed IV (iii) |
| Preservation: | Pyritised |
| 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 |
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Specimen 3
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0083/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Sub-family: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites bucklandi Spath, 1925 - transitional to Eu. proboscideus (J. Sowerby) |
| Measurement : | Diameter 22mm; width 13mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed V (Euhoplites lautus Zone; lautus/nitidus SubZone); 500mm above top of Bed IV (iii) |
| Preservation: | Pyritised |
| 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 |