GAULT AMMONOIDEA

 

Subfamily: BRANCOCERATINAE Spath, 1934 (1900)
Genus: Hysteroceras HYATT, 1900

 

Hysteroceras orbignyi (Spath)
a typical specimen from the Hysteroceras orbignyi Subzone of Folkestone
Catalogue No: F/A/0255/JKC
Site: Folkestone, KENT, UK
Family: BRANCOCERATIDAE Spath, 1934 (1900)
Subfamily: BRANCOCERATINAE Spath, 1934 (1900)
Genus: Genus: Hysteroceras HYATT, 1900
Species: Hysteroceras orbignyi (Spath)
Measurement: Diameter 18mm
Albian Stage: Late Albian
Bed & Position: Bed IX - Mortoniceras inflatum Zone; Hysteroceras orbignyi 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. 1932. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part XI. Palaeontographical Society London

 

Hysteroceras subbinum, Spath 1932
a typical specimen from the Hysteroceras orbignyi Subzone of Folkestone
Catalogue No: F/A/0254/JKC
Site: Folkestone, KENT, UK
Family: BRANCOCERATIDAE Spath, 1934 (1900)
Subfamily: BRANCOCERATINAE Spath, 1934 (1900)
Genus: Genus: Hysteroceras HYATT, 1900
Species: Hysteroceras subbinum SPATH
Measurement: Diameter 12mm
Albian Stage: Late Albian
Bed & Position: Bed IX - Mortoniceras inflatum Zone; Hysteroceras orbignyi 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. 1932. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part XI. Palaeontographical Society London

 

 

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