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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Euhoplites truncatus,
Spath 1925
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two 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/0088/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites truncatus, Spath 1925 |
| Measurement : | Diameter 39mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | likely Bed VII (Euhoplites lautus Zone; lautus/nitidus SubZone) |
| Locality: | Exposed clay on East Wear Bay foreshore |
| 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. 1926. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VI. Palaeontographical Society London |
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Specimen 2
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| Collected by: | Ian Clark of Canterbury |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Sub-family: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites truncatus, Spath 1925 |
| Measurement : | Diameter 39mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Lower Bed VII (Euhoplites lautus Zone; lautus/nitidus SubZone) |
| Locality: | Copt Point |
| 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. 1926. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VI. Palaeontographical Society London |