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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Dipoloceroides spinulosum (Spath
1929)
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popular synonym: Mojsisoviczia spinulosum (Spath
1929)
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a unique specimen from the Middle Albian
(Lower Gault Clay) of Westerham, KENT
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| Collection: | collected by Nico Taverne |
| Site: | Squerryes Pit, Westerham, KENT, UK |
| Family: | BRANCOCERATIDAE Spath, 1934 (1900) |
| Subfamily: | MOJSISOVICZIINAE Hyatt, 1903 |
| Species: | Dipoloceroides spinulosum (Spath) |
| Measurement: | Diameter 40mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | not recorded but probably Euhoplites loricatus Zone; Dipoloceroides subdelaruei Subzone. |
| 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. 1929. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VIII. Palaeontographical Society London |