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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Epihoplites (Metaclavithes) compressus
(Parona & Bonarelli 1896)
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an excellent example from the Late Albian
(Upper Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0125/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Epihoplites (Metaclavithes) aff. compressus (Parona & Bonarelli 1896) |
| Measurement : | Diameter 53mm |
| Albian Stage: | Late Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed VIII - Mortoniceras inflatum Zone; Dipoloceras cristatum 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. 1924. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part IV. Palaeontographical Society London |