GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Euhoplites microceras, Spath 1926
two examples from the Middle Albian (Lower Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
typical Bed II (iv) example
Catalogue No: F392-MC (M Cuddeford collection)
Site: Folkestone
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Euhoplites microceras, Spath 1926
Measurement : Diameter 26mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Bed II (iv) (uppermost "intermedius" SubZone); "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. 1926. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VI. Palaeontographical Society London

late mutuation from lower Bed IV
Catalogue No: F/A/0137/JKC
Site: Folkestone
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Euhoplites microceras, Spath 1928
Measurement : Diameter 36mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Bed IV (i) - Euhoplites loricatus Zone; Dipoloceroides subdelaruei 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

 

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