GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Euhoplites pricei, Spath 1928
two excellent examples from the Middle Albian (Lower Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
Euhoplites pricei, Spath transitional to Eu. loricatus, Spath
Catalogue No: F/A/0080/JKC
Site: Folkestone
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Euhoplites pricei, Spath 1928
Measurement : Diameter 29mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Bed II (iv) (uppermost "intermedius" SubZone); "loricatus" Zone
Preservation: Pyritised
Comments: Complete; 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

Euhoplites pricei, Spath - transitional to Eu. subtuberculatus, Spath
Catalogue No: F/A/0081/JKC
Site: Folkestone
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Euhoplites pricei, Spath 1928
Measurement : Diameter 31mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Bed II (iv) (uppermost "intermedius" SubZone); "loricatus" Zone
Preservation: Pyritised
Comments: Complete; 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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