GAULT CRAB |
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Genus HOMOLOPSIS Bell,
1863 |
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Homolopsis
brightoni Carter 1898 |
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A specimen from Folkestone of this
extremely rare crab |
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Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
Family: | HOMOLIDAE Bell, 1863 |
Genus: | HOMOLOPSIS Bell, 1863 |
Species: | Homolopsis brightoni Carter1898 |
Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
Horizon: | Possibly bed VIII or the bottom of bed IX collected by Thomas Miller from an upper Gault slip |
Preservation: | Phosphatised |
References: | Wright C. W. and Collins J.S.H. 1972. British Cretaceous Crabs, Palaeontographical Society London; page 45 |