GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Hoplites (Hoplites) dentatus J. Sowerby 1821 and variants
a small pyritised example from the Middle Albian (dentatus Zone) of Westerham, Kent
Catalogue No: SQ/A/0126/JKC
Site: Squerryes Pit, Westerham, Kent
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Genus: Hoplites NEUMAYR, 1875
Subgenus: Hoplites (Hoplites)
Species: Hoplites (Hoplites) sp. aff. H. (H.) dentatus J. Sowerby 1821
Measurement : Diameter 37mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Hoplites dentatus Zone; collected from surface of slope
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. 1923. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part III. Palaeontographical Society London

a phosphatised example from the Middle Albian (dentatus Zone) of Folkestone, Kent
Catalogue No: F/A/0248/JKC
Site: Folkestone, Kent
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Genus: Hoplites NEUMAYR, 1875
Subgenus: Hoplites (Hoplites)
Species: Hoplites (Hoplites) sp. aff. H. (H.) dentatus J. Sowerby 1821
Measurement : Diameter 66mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Bed I (v) - Hoplites dentatus Zone; H. spathi Subzone; main "dentatus" nodule bed
Preservation: Phosphatised
References:

a. Wright C. W. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Part L Mollusca 4 Revised) Volume 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea

b. Spath L. F. 1923. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part III. Palaeontographical Society London

a phosphatised example from the Middle Albian (dentatus Zone) of Folkestone, Kent
Catalogue No: F/A/0249/JKC
Site: Folkestone, Kent
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Genus: Hoplites NEUMAYR, 1875
Subgenus: Hoplites (Hoplites)
Species: Hoplites (Hoplites) sp. aff. H. (H.) dentatus J. Sowerby 1821
Measurement : Diameter 55mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Bed I (v) - Hoplites dentatus Zone; H. spathi Subzone; main "dentatus" nodule bed
Preservation: Phosphatised
References:

a. Wright C. W. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Part L Mollusca 4 Revised) Volume 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea

b. Spath L. F. 1923. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part III. Palaeontographical Society London

 

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