GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Euhoplites loricatus Spath 1925
two excellent examples from the Middle Albian (Lower Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
Specimen 1
Catalogue No: F/A/271/JKC
Site: Folkestone
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Euhoplites loricatus Spath 1925
Measurement : Diameter 24mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: lowermost Bed II (iv) (uppermost Anahoplites intermedius Subzone; Euhoplites loricatus Zone) - immediately above Bed II (iii) nodules
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. 1928. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VII. Palaeontographical Society London
Specimen 2
Catalogue No: F378-MC (Mick Cuddeford collection)
Site: Folkestone
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Euhoplites loricatus Spath 1925
Measurement : Diameter 44mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: not in-situ but likely Bed II (iv) (uppermost Anahoplites intermedius Subzone; Euhoplites loricatus Zone)
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. 1928. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VII. Palaeontographical Society London

 

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